https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812623 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812623#c1 Charles Arnold changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |CLOSED Resolution| |INVALID QAContact|qa-bugs@suse.de |jdouglas@suse.com --- Comment #1 from Charles Arnold 2013-04-22 19:12:23 UTC --- Our suse distros have bundled two install tools for a long time now. The older and original version is called vm-install and originated as an internal project. The other is called virt-install and originates from redhat. Virt-manager on os12.3 allows you to launch either one (without disabling patches). There is on the main virt-manager screen where the installer icon is located a pop-down arrow that displays 'virt-install'. Selecting this allows you to install locally as a non-root user. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812623 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812623#c3 --- Comment #3 from Charles Arnold 2013-04-23 15:04:13 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2)

... btw. Why vm-install needs root anyway? It doesn't use libvirt?

For installing Xen guests, vm-install communicates directly with the Xen toolstack. It has done this since before libvirt developed code to use policykit to allow non-root users to install guests. For KVM, vm-install uses libvirt but there is still code that 'touches' root owned locations. Vm-install could be updated to strictly use libvirt and leverage its policykit features but that would feature request :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.