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Laine Stump
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When running in session/unprivileged mode, nearly all paths are prefixed with the returns from one of glib's g_get_user_*_dir() functions, which in turn base their selected paths on the settings of a few items in the user's environment ($XDG_*, or a subdirectory of $HOME if the relevant $XDG_* isn't set). This patch logs the settings of these directories in the log banner in an attempt to help diagnose the problem when a file/socket open/create fails. An example of the banner: libvirt version: 12.3.0, package: 1.fc43 (Unknown, 2026-04-07-22:43:30, vhost) hostname: 83be0e173e02, uid: 107 home dir: '/' (HOME='/') runtime dir: '/.cache' (XDG_RUNTIME_DIR='(unset)') config dir: '/.config' (XDG_CONFIG_HOME='(unset)') log dir: '/.cache' (XDG_CACHE_HOME='(unset)') libvirt: XML-RPC error : Cannot create user runtime directory '/.cache/libvirt': Permission denied Resolves: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHEL-70222 Resolves: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHEL-105490 Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
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==============================
Libvirt API for virtualization
==============================
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the
virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It
includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware
vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER
Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management
daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the
API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other
languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as
mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the
website:
https://libvirt.org
License
=======
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files ``COPYING.LESSER``
and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
============
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components
the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development
mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
=======
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
* users@lists.libvirt.org (**for user discussions**)
* devel@lists.libvirt.org (**for development only**)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html