[libvirt-users] error : Failed to find user record for uid '32722'

[Doug Goldstein]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Tony Cebzanov <tonycpsu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to use the libvirt Python API to manage VirtualBox VMs on Mac
> OS X 10.8.3.  I'm running libvirt 1.0.6 via Homebrew.  However, the
> following trivial Python script:
>
>     import libvirt
>     conn = libvirt.open('vbox:///session'**)
>
> gives me the following error:
>
> libvirt:  error : Failed to find user record for uid '32722': Success
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "ch3vm.py", line 3, in <module>
>     conn = libvirt.open('vbox:///session'**)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/**site-packages/libvirt.py", line 236,
> in open
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')
> libvirt.libvirtError: Failed to find user record for uid '32722': Success
>
> I have no idea where that uid 32722 is coming from -- it's not the uid of
> my user account, any of my VirtualBox files, or anything else that I'm
> aware of.
>
> Anyone have any idea what's going on here?
>
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You'll get the same error with all drivers connecting to 'session' on Mac
OS X for some reason. I haven't had a chance to track it down. You'll see
the uid change between reboots or over some X amount of time as well.

-- 
Doug Goldstein
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