[Libvir] testing libvirtd: don't hard-code $HOME/.libvirt/libvirt-sock

[Richard W.M. Jones]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> I've written a test to exercise libvirtd a little.
> Unfortunately, if I'm already running libvirtd, that test fails
> and I can't do anything about it:
> 
>   $ ./libvirtd & ./libvirtd
>   Failed to bind socket to '@/j/.libvirt/libvirt-sock': Address already in use
>   [Exit 2]
> 
> Any objection to providing an option to libvirtd that specifies
> that directory (also used to form server->logDir)?
> 
> It feels like it should come from the config file, but I haven't
> looked at details yet.

Yes it should be possible to set these, but isn't at the moment.  Check 
out qemud/qemud.c function qemudInitPaths.

Another possibility is to have libvirtd running as root, and libvirtd 
running as you, in which case they _shouldn't_ clash ...

Rich.

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