<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi, </div>Problem resolved with libvirt-1.20 and by configuring qemu to run from my user (in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf, modify user and group and restart libvirtd). </div>Best regards. </div>Christophe </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">2015-09-16 9:19 GMT+02:00 crequill <<a href="mailto:crequill@worldonline.fr" target="_blank">crequill@worldonline.fr</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For gnome boxes, a pool already exists: $ virsh pool-list Name State Autostart -------------------------------------------------- default active yes gnome-boxes active no $ virsh vol-list gnome-boxes Name Path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ win7 /home/crequill/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/win7 $ ls -alh /home/crequill/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/win7 -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 60G 15 sept. 17:11 /home/crequill/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/win7 With this and libvirt 1.19, I get: 2015-09-15T17:17:19.563181Z qemu-system-x86_64: -drive file=/home/crequill/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/win7,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw: Could not open '/home/crequill/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/win7': Permission denied So, why this configuration is running with libvirt 1.18 and not with libvirt 1.19 ? 2015-09-16 8:06 GMT+02:00 Dominique Ramaekers <<a href="mailto:dominique.ramaekers@cometal.be">dominique.ramaekers@cometal.be</a>>: > @requillart > Don't get me wrong. It's no problem to use other partitions. Only, you have to add the location to the storage pool of libvirt... > Sorry, no experience with gnome-boxes. > > @crequill > Add a new storage pool with the destination /home/crequill/VM > You can't fool apparmour with a link... > Also with adding the storage pool, it's easier to get a clear picture of the usage of your storage resources in virt-manager > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: <a href="mailto:requillart@gmail.com">requillart@gmail.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:requillart@gmail.com">requillart@gmail.com</a>] Namens crequill > Verzonden: dinsdag 15 september 2015 19:24 > Aan: Dominique Ramaekers > CC: <a href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> > Onderwerp: Re: [libvirt-users] libvirt 1.19: could not open drive file (permission denied) > > If we cannot use anymore another partitions, for me it's a bug. Not for you? > For information, I get this error with gnome boxes. With it, images are in /home/crequill/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/. How run it? > > 2015-09-15 17:53 GMT+02:00 crequill <<a href="mailto:crequill@worldonline.fr">crequill@worldonline.fr</a>>: >> Indeed, I have a link between /var/lib/libvirt/images and my home >> directory on an another partition. >> >> # ls -al /var/lib/libvirt/images >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 3 sept. 09:29 /var/lib/libvirt/images -> >> /home/crequill/VM >> >> 2015-09-15 17:45 GMT+02:00 Dominique Ramaekers <<a href="mailto:dominique.ramaekers@cometal.be">dominique.ramaekers@cometal.be</a>>: >>> A while ago, I had the same problem. It was a apparmor issue. Maybe your image is on a location outside your storage pools? >>> >>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>> Van: <a href="mailto:libvirt-users-bounces@redhat.com">libvirt-users-bounces@redhat.com</a> >>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:libvirt-users-bounces@redhat.com">libvirt-users-bounces@redhat.com</a>] Namens crequill >>> Verzonden: dinsdag 15 september 2015 17:29 >>> Aan: <a href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> >>> Onderwerp: [libvirt-users] libvirt 1.19: could not open drive file >>> (permission denied) >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> With libvrit 1.18 all is working fine: I can open my win7 VM on Archlinux without problem. >>> But I cannot use it with libvirt 1.19: it could not open drive file (permission denied). >>> >>> In /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf, I have: >>> - user: root >>> - group: root >>> >>> And the drive file has root:root as owner. >>> >>> Why this configuration is running with libvirt 1.18 and not with libvirt 1.19 ? >>> >>> Many thanks for your reply. >>> Christophe >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> libvirt-users mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> >>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</a> </blockquote></div> </div>