Bug 508665

Summary: virt-manager (running as unprivileged user) doesn't let me install from NFS locations
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Nils Philippsen <nphilipp>
Component: virt-managerAssignee: Daniel Berrangé <berrange>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Nils Philippsen 2009-06-29 11:57:16 UTC
Description of problem:
When attempting to install a VM from an NFS location, I get an error message about missing privileges after step 2 ("Provide the operating system URL").

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-0.6.2-12.fc11.x86_64
libvirt-python-0.6.2-12.fc11.x86_64
python-virtinst-0.400.3-8.fc11.noarch
qemu-0.10.5-3.fc11.x86_64
virt-manager-0.7.0-5.fc11.x86_64

How reproducible:
Reproducible.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start virt-manager
2. Create a new machine
3. In step 1, choose "Network Install (HTTP, FTP or NFS)"
4. In step 2, use an NFS URL like "nfs://somehost.domain.tld/.../fedora/11/Fedora/x86_64/os", then click on "Forward"
  
Actual results:
Error dialog titled "Input Error":

"""
Error setting install media location.

Privilege is required for NFS installations
"""

I'm never asked for any credentials which would possibly give me this privilege.

Expected results:
Possibly at this point, virt-manager/PolicyKit should prompt me to type in the root password to acquire the necessary authorization.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mark McLoughlin 2009-07-03 14:01:14 UTC
Thanks Nils, putting this on F12VirtTarget since it's unlikely to be fixed for F-11

Doing this via PolicyKit sounds sane - it would be similar to how nautilus allows users to do NFS mounts, probably

Comment 2 Nils Philippsen 2009-07-06 09:57:03 UTC
Perhaps virt-manager could display a slightly more informative error message in the meantime. E.g. if it's running as non-root, tell the user that nfs installations aren't possible?

Comment 3 Mark McLoughlin 2009-09-22 13:55:59 UTC
Ah, I see we already had this filed - see bug #501922

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 501922 ***