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On debian system (sid) I cannot access virsh commands without root access.
In contrast when typing
I got the correct list of machines.

I already added the user to the libvirt group, but nothing changes.

single line;

Thanks, that works. I thought that the default connection is always the qemu:///system even for the user.

abu_bua wrote: ↑2022-06-19 23:20 I thought that the default connection is always the qemu:///system even for the user.

It can be, I can't remember off hand. I usually reach in, so it's an ip, so I don't set it to local.

Alright, in etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf
uncomment

CwF wrote: ↑2022-06-20 15:25 Alright, in etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf
uncomment

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#uri_default="qemu:///system"

Thank you for showing the setting in the config file. Unfortunately this does not work for me - even after reboot or reloading the daemon. It seems something get wrong with my setup/installation. I think I have to read the whole documentation for qemu/virlib.

abu_bua wrote: ↑2022-06-23 13:10 Unfortunately this does not work for me - even after reboot or reloading the daemon. It seems something get wrong with my setup/installation.

I thought about it, and I can't say for sure I've ever tried to make that work. You covered the basics, libvirt group and the uncomment uri declare, that should be it. You could try adding a polkit pkla rule, I'm unclear on that need with virsh.

Or make an alias, launcher, button, scripts, etc that simply includes the local uri. With those tweaks you should be able to eliminate the extra typing. When automating things I like verbosity. I use virsh in those and rarely on the command line. The same uri declare works for virt-viewer.

Solution:

All you have to do is
and set here the variables.

I create an account just to say thanks. That worked:

I copied `libvirt.conf`

cp /etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf ~/.config/libvirt/

then uncommented

uri_default = "qemu:///system"

That was driving me nuts. Yeah I can use sudo as a workaround, but that's not how I want to do it.

EDIT Sat Apr 13 09:30:38 CEST 2024: marked as "Solved".

interesting, thanks