Re: Accessing libvirtd remotely as non-root user

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 05:26:20PM -0500, Dan Mossor wrote:
> I manage libvirtd on a few remote machines, and my security policies require
> me to disable root login via SSH. Up to this point, I've been using root due
> to the systems being in staging, but this is the final step before they're
> moved to production.
> 
> What is the current proscribed method of connecting virt-manager or virsh to
> a remote system with a non-root account? I keep getting "authentication
> failed: no agent is available to authenticate" with a user that is in the
> kvm and qemu groups on the systems I've tried using the ssh transport.

This guide ought to help you set it up

   http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/SSHPolicyKitSetup

Regards,
Daniel
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