@serge, In my case, no: "sudo stop libvirt-bin; sudo start libvirt-bin" does not always completely solve the problem.
'virsh list' worked find after reboot and I was able to bring up virt-manager as well. % virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- # Just to make sure it's not ns*cd crashing: % ps aux | grep 'cd\>' root 3572 0.0 0.0 771720 2632 ? Ssl 07:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd nslcd 3611 0.0 0.0 458764 11640 ? Sl 07:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/nslcd jaffleck 6978 0.0 0.0 6588 708 pts/16 S+ 08:10 0:00 grep --color=auto cd\> % virt-manager # (success) % virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- % virsh list error: failed to connect to the hypervisor error: no valid connection error: Failed to find group record for gid '1001': No such file or directory % ps aux | grep 'cd\>' root 3572 0.0 0.0 771720 2632 ? Ssl 07:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd nslcd 3611 0.0 0.0 458764 11640 ? Sl 07:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/nslcd libvirt+ 7088 22.3 25.2 4732808 4144772 ? Sl 08:11 0:54 qemu-system-x86_64 -.... jaffleck 7211 0.0 0.0 6588 724 pts/16 S+ 08:15 0:00 grep --color=auto cd\> # Exit virt-manager % sudo service libvirt-bin restart libvirt-bin stop/waiting libvirt-bin start/running, process 8002 % virsh list error: failed to connect to the hypervisor error: no valid connection error: Failed to find group record for gid '1001': No such file or directory % sudo service libvirt-bin restart libvirt-bin stop/waiting libvirt-bin start/running, process 8061 % virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 2 Windows7 running % virt-manager # (success) ..this replicated the behavior I described in #11. So that's one documented instance. I'll see if it happens again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1382046 Title: libvirt-bin unaware of uids on LDAP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1382046/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
