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I previously mentioned [1] a PolicyKit issue where libvirt would proceed with authentication even though polkit-auth failed: testusr xen134:~> virsh list --all Attempting to obtain authorization for org.libvirt.unix.manage. polkit-grant-helper: given auth type (8 -> yes) is bogus Failed to obtain authorization for org.libvirt.unix.manage. Id Name State ---------------------------------- 0 Domain-0 running - sles11sp1-pv shut off AFAICT, libvirt attempts to obtain a privilege it already has, causing polkit-auth to fail with above message. Instead of calling obtain and then checking auth, IMO the workflow should be for the server to check auth first, and if that fails ask the client to obtain it and check again. This workflow also allows for checking only successful exit of polkit-auth in virConnectAuthGainPolkit(). [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-December/msg00837.html
LibVirt : simple API for virtualization
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software
available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of
the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of
Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic
resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing
long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but
should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed.
Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>