[libvirt-users] executing libvirt commands as a different user

[Andrei Perietanu]

I am using the libvirt API to manage VMs on the system, using a python
wrapper to execute commands.
I need to allow a webserver to access these commands and mostly read
information about the VMs. The problem is that when using the web interface
you use are basically running the commands as different user. Since
libvirtd is run as root by default you get permission errors.

Is there any way of getting around this without using polkit?

Thanks,
Andrei

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