On 01/15/2015 07:26 PM, Pete Travis wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2015 11:49 AM, "Glenn Holmer" <shadowm@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:shadowm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> On 12/31/2014 03:40 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: >> > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 03:21:46 PM Glenn Holmer wrote: >> >> On 12/31/2014 02:33 PM, Flavio Leitner wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 02:11:38 PM Glenn Holmer wrote: >> >>>> I'm trying to connect to another machine using virt-manager (File/Add >> >>>> Connection). I select QEMU/KVM as hypervisor, "connect to remote > host", >> >>>> method SSH, and a username and hostname on the remote machine. The >> >>>> result is always that I get prompted for my passphrase, but then see >> >>>> "authentication failed: no agent is available to authenticate". I get >> >>>> this going from either machine to the other. >> >>>> >> >>>> Virtualization is set up OK because I can run virtual machines on > both >> >>>> VM hosts. SSH is set up OK, I can ssh with public key in both > directions >> >>>> both as myself and as root. I tried "setenforce 0" on both > machines to >> >>>> see if SELinux was blocking it, but the result was the same. >> >>>> >> >>>> What am I missing? >> >>> >> >>> Do you see the process ssh-agent running? >> >> >> >> I see this on both machines: >> >> >> >> /usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/sh -c exec -l /bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/startkde" >> >> >> > >> > Right, do you see your identity there? >> > $ ssh-add -l >> > >> > If so, is there any chance of you are running the virt-manager out > of the >> > established session? I'd start the virt-manager on the same shell > running >> > the ssh-add above to confirm. >> >> I finally got some more time to work on this. At first, it seemed like a >> KDE thing, as "ssh-add -l" didn't show anything when I first logged in. >> So I added ssh-add to the list of startup programs, and now the KDE >> version of ssh-askpass prompts me for a password when I log in, and I >> can ssh to the remote machine without entering a passphrase for the key. >> But I still get the same error when I try to create a new KVM >> connection! Anybody have any other ideas? > If you are using a regular user, do something like this on the host: > > https://fedorapeople.org/groups/docs/cookbook/#access-to-libvirt-without-root-privileges Thanks, that solved it. -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org