virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-04-05 Thread toddandmargo via users
Hi All, Fedora 41 virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch When I start virt-manager, it wants the password for the user's account that I initially created during the install of FC41. How do I get it to ask for the root's password instead? Many thanks, -T -- __

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-22 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 3/22/25 9:07 PM, Igor Bezrodnik wrote: Try doing that again with the correct group name. Check spelling libvirt no libvert That fixed it. Mumble, Mumble. -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-22 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 3/22/25 8:26 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/22/25 8:19 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 20:12, toddandmargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 41 virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch When I start virt-manager, it wants the password for the user's account that

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-22 Thread Igor Bezrodnik
On Sat, 2025-03-22 at 20:26 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 3/22/25 8:19 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > > > > > > > > On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 20:12, toddandmargo via users > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > Fedora 41 > > > > virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch > > > >

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-22 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/22/25 8:19 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 20:12, toddandmargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 41 virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch When I start virt-manager, it wants the password for the user's account that I initially created during the install o

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-22 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 20:12, toddandmargo via users wrote: Hi All, Fedora 41 virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch When I start virt-manager, it wants the password for the user's account that I initially created during the install of FC41. How do I get it to ask for the root's passw

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2025-03-22 at 09:59 +1100, Igor Bezrodnik wrote: > On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 22:55 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 16:12 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > On 03/21/2025 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > > > > > Maybe if there's no admin user.  By default, root doesn't

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Todd Chester via users
On 3/21/25 14:06, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/21/25 12:24 PM, Alex Gurenko via users wrote: Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just add your user to the libvirt group with usermod -a -G libvirt ? If you do that, it won't ask for any password.  Otherwise, it is trying to find an a

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Igor Bezrodnik
On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 22:55 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 16:12 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 03/21/2025 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > > > Maybe if there's no admin user.  By default, root doesn't even > > > have a > > > password. > > > > There's an option in A

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/21/25 3:12 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/21/2025 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Maybe if there's no admin user.  By default, root doesn't even have a password. There's an option in Anaconda to set it but most people ignore it.  If you're past that, you can set one at boot, the same way that

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Mike Wright
On 3/21/25 15:09, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 14:18 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/21/25 2:14 PM, Todd Chester via users wrote: On 3/21/25 14:06, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/21/25 12:24 PM, Alex Gurenko via users wrote: Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 16:12 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 03/21/2025 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > > Maybe if there's no admin user.  By default, root doesn't even have a > > password. > > There's an option in Anaconda to set it but most people ignore it.  I know I've never ignored it. Why d

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 22:28 +, Will McDonald wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 at 22:10, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > > On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 14:18 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > Maybe if there's no admin user.  By default, root doesn't even have a > > > password. > > > > What? Every Linux (

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Will McDonald
On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 at 22:10, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 14:18 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > Maybe if there's no admin user. By default, root doesn't even have a > > password. > > What? Every Linux (and UNIX) system I've ever used has had a root > password, including Fedo

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2025-03-21 at 14:18 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 3/21/25 2:14 PM, Todd Chester via users wrote: > > > > > > On 3/21/25 14:06, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 3/21/25 12:24 PM, Alex Gurenko via users wrote: > > > > Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just add your user > > > >

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/21/2025 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Maybe if there's no admin user.  By default, root doesn't even have a password. There's an option in Anaconda to set it but most people ignore it. If you're past that, you can set one at boot, the same way that you can change it in an emergency.

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/21/25 2:14 PM, Todd Chester via users wrote: On 3/21/25 14:06, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/21/25 12:24 PM, Alex Gurenko via users wrote: Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just add your user to the libvirt group with usermod -a -G libvirt ? If you do that, it won't ask for a

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/21/25 12:24 PM, Alex Gurenko via users wrote: Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just add your user to the libvirt group with usermod -a -G libvirt ? If you do that, it won't ask for any password. Otherwise, it is trying to find an admin user. But there's no way to get i

Re: virt-manager wants password for a user's account

2025-03-21 Thread Alex Gurenko via users
Do you need it to ask for a root password? Maybe just add your user to the libvirt group with usermod -a -G libvirt ? --- Best regards, Alex On Friday, March 21st, 2025 at 20:12, toddandmargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > Fedora 41 > virt-manager-5.0.0-1.fc41.noarch > > When I start virt