<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:berrange@redhat.com" target="_blank">berrange@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:02:40PM +0200, Roland Giesler wrote:<br>
> System:<br>
> $ cat /etc/issue<br>
> Ubuntu 12.10 \n \l<br>
><br>
> $ uname -a<br>
> Linux Matt-HP 3.5.0-34-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 6 20:20:19 UTC 2013<br>
> i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux<br>
><br>
><br>
> I have a converted VMWare virtual machine which I converted by using:<br>
><br>
> $ vmware2libvirt -f ./WinXPPro.vmx > WinXPPro.xml<br>
> $ virsh -c qemu:///system define WinXPPro.xml<br>
<br>
</div>You're using 'qemu:///system' here which is a privileged instance<br>
of libvirt, where the QEMU process runs as a dedicated user ID.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'><br>
> <driver name='qemu' type='vmdk'/><br>
> <source file='/home/roland/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk'/><br>
> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/><br>
> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/><br>
> </disk><br>
<br>
</div>Here you're putting the disk in /home/roland, and I'm guessing<br>
that /home/roload is mode -rwx-------, which will prevent the<br>
QEMU user ID from accessing the disk.<br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
When using qemu:///system, it is recommended to use<br>
/var/lib/libvirt/images as the disk storage location.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>I have done that now, but still have the same problem. </div><div style><br></div><div style><div>$ ls -la</div><div>total 15899728</div>
<div>drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:28 .</div><div>drwx--x--x 3 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:13 ..</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1474560 Jun 24 20:00 floppy_disk_image</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1073741824 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmem</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 135507536 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmss</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8684 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro.nvram</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2145255424 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s001.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146238464 Jun 24 20:33 WinXPPro-s002.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146631680 Jun 24 20:25 WinXPPro-s003.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3211264 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s004.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2106261504 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro-s005.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146697216 Jun 24 20:00 WinXPPro-s006.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2162688 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-s007.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2146107392 Jun 24 20:06 WinXPPro-s008.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2099511296 Jun 24 19:58 WinXPPro-s009.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 128446464 Jun 24 20:19 WinXPPro-s010.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 857 Jun 25 15:54 WinXPPro.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro.vmsd</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4208 Jun 25 21:20 WinXPPro.vmx</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2932 Jun 25 15:57 WinXPPro.vmxf</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 876 Jun 25 21:28 WinXPPro.xml</div><div><br></div><div>$ virsh start WinXPPro</div><div>error: Failed to start domain WinXPPro</div><div>error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-i386: -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=vmdk: could not open disk image /var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk: Permission denied</div>
<div><br></div><div style>Changing the user and group makes no difference:</div><div style><br></div><div style><div>$ sudo chown libvirt-qemu:kvm *</div><div>roland@Matt-HP:/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro$ ls -la</div>
<div>
total 15899728</div><div>drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:28 .</div><div>drwx--x--x 3 root root 4096 Jun 25 21:13 ..</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 1474560 Jun 24 20:00 floppy_disk_image</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 1073741824 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmem</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 135507536 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-c21a8baf.vmss</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 8684 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro.nvram</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2145255424 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s001.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146238464 Jun 24 20:33 WinXPPro-s002.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146631680 Jun 24 20:25 WinXPPro-s003.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 3211264 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro-s004.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2106261504 Jun 24 20:18 WinXPPro-s005.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146697216 Jun 24 20:00 WinXPPro-s006.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2162688 Jun 24 20:27 WinXPPro-s007.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2146107392 Jun 24 20:06 WinXPPro-s008.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2099511296 Jun 24 19:58 WinXPPro-s009.vmdk</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 128446464 Jun 24 20:19 WinXPPro-s010.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 857 Jun 25 15:54 WinXPPro.vmdk</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 0 Jun 24 20:12 WinXPPro.vmsd</div>
<div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 4208 Jun 25 21:20 WinXPPro.vmx</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2932 Jun 25 15:57 WinXPPro.vmxf</div><div>-rwxrwxrwx 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 876 Jun 25 21:28 WinXPPro.xml</div>
<div><br></div><div>$ virsh start WinXPPro</div><div>error: Failed to start domain WinXPPro</div><div>error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-i386: -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=vmdk: could not open disk image /var/lib/libvirt/images/WinXPPro/WinXPPro.vmdk: Permission denied</div>
<div><br></div></div><div style>Any other ideas or suggestion to get this to work?</div><div style><br></div><div style>regards</div><div style><br></div><div style>Roland</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>