Re: [virt-manager PATCH 0/1] virtinst: Use sudo where root permission is needed

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 11:49:47PM -0400, Andrew Wong wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a small request that I hope is reasonable. For testing VMs, I like to
> install VMs as non-root. However, if I want to install from a location that
> requires mounting, then installing becomes a bit of a hassle. I'd have to
> manually mount the location with sudo or root, then pass the mount point into
> "--location".  It'd be nice of virt-install could elevated to root where
> necessary. Basically, something like the attached patch.

Hi, thanks for the patch.  This is interesting idea but I'm not sure
whether it's a good idea.  You can easily run the whole virt-install
command using sudo.

Pavel

> Are there other places where root is needed? I did a quick search, and
> mount/umount seem to be the only places that need root.
> 
> Andrew Wong (1):
>   virtinst: Use sudo where root permission is needed
> 
>  virtinst/urlfetcher.py | 6 +++---
>  virtinst/util.py       | 9 ++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.14.1
> 
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