[libvirt-users] usbredir error: Error setting USB device node ACL: 'Not authorized'

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Oct 10 13:57:39 UTC 2018


On 10/09/2018 04:42 PM, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> I'm running libvirt under Fedora 28. I would like to attach a USB
> device to a VM, but when I select "Redirect USB Device" from the
> "Virtual Machine" menu in virt-manager and then select the device, I
> get the error:
> 
>    USB redirection error
> 
>    spice-client-error-quark: Could not redirect [device name] at 1-11:
>    Error setting USB device node ACL: 'Not authorized' (0)
> 
> There are no additional log messages acccompanying this in either the
> journal or in audit.log.  It's not a selinux issue.  The "Details"
> dropdown in the error dialog helpfully adds "USB redirection error".
> 
> What do I do with this error message? I'm not even sure what it's
> trying to tell me.
> 

Me neither. Looks like that message is either coming from spice or 
usbredir. CCing spice list (and changed the subject to make it more clear)

- Cole




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