The LXC driver has no session daemon therefore its split daemon (virtlxcd) has to be ran as root. Any attempt to start it with euid != 0 fails. This is why the daemon does not look under any of XDG_* paths either. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst | 29 ++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst b/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst index f89d70ba21..b9aca6c857 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst +++ b/docs/manpages/virtlxcd.rst @@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ On receipt of ``SIGHUP`` ``virtlxcd`` will reload its configuration. FILES ===== -When run as *root* ------------------- +The ``virtlxcd`` program must be ran as root. Trying to start the program under +a different user results in error. * ``@SYSCONFDIR@/libvirt/virtlxcd.conf`` @@ -124,31 +124,6 @@ The TLS **Server** private key ``virtlxcd`` will use. The PID file to use, unless overridden by the ``-p`` | ``--pid-file`` option. -When run as *non-root* ----------------------- - -* ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/virtlxcd.conf`` - -The default configuration file used by ``virtlxcd``, unless overridden on the -command line using the ``-f``|``--config`` option. - -* ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtlxcd-sock`` -* ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtlxcd-admin-sock`` - -The sockets ``virtlxcd`` will use. - -* ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/libvirt/virtlxcd.pid`` - -The PID file to use, unless overridden by the ``-p``|``--pid-file`` option. - - -If ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`` is not set in your environment, ``virtlxcd`` will use -``$HOME/.config`` - -If ``$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`` is not set in your environment, ``virtlxcd`` will use -``$HOME/.cache`` - - EXAMPLES ======== -- 2.26.2
