Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1367269
The uri_default in libvirt-admin.conf doesn't take effect
Last modified: 2016-11-03 14:53:42 EDT
Description of problem: Set uri_default in libvirt-admin.conf, it doesn't take effect Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libvirt-2.0.0-5.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set uri_default = "abcde" in libvirt-admin.conf 2. # virt-admin connect Connected to the admin server Actual results: Connect successfully Expected results: Failed to connect
Fixed upstream by: commit f5f32bcd1bb7d96b38c34a85658ac0996683f8bc Author: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com> AuthorDate: Wed Jul 27 13:23:03 2016 +0200 Commit: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com> CommitDate: Fri Jul 29 09:21:09 2016 +0200 admin: Fix default uri config option name s/admin_uri_default/uri_default The original name 'admin_uri_default' was introduced to our code by commit dbecb87f. However, at that time we already had a separate config file for admin library but the commit mentioned above didn't properly adjust the config's option name. The result is that when we're loading the config, we check a non-existent config option (there's not much to do with the URIs anyway, since we only allow local connection). Additionally, virt-admin's man page documents, that the default URI can be altered by setting admin_uri_default option. So the fix proposed by this patch leaves the libvirt-admin.conf as is and adjusts the naming in the code as well as in the virt-admin's man page. Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
Reproduce this bug with libvirt-2.0.0-5.el7.x86_64 1.Set uri_default = "aaaaa" in libvirt-admin.conf: # vim /etc/libvirt/libvirt-admin.conf uri_default = "aaaaa" 2.# virt-admin "connect;uri" Connected to the admin server libvirtd:///system Verify this bug with libvirt-2.0.0-6.el7.x86_64 For root user: 1.Set uri_default = "aaaaa" in libvirt-admin.conf: # vim /etc/libvirt/libvirt-admin.conf uri_default = "aaaaa" 2.# virt-admin connect error: Failed to connect to the admin server error: unsupported configuration: Unsupported URI scheme '<null>' 3.Keep default setting or set uri_default="libvirtd:///system" in libvirt-admin.conf, and do connect: # virt-admin "connect;uri" Connected to the admin server libvirtd:///system For session mode: 1.Login with a non-root user, set uri_default = "aaaaa" in libvirt-admin.conf $ vim /home/test/.config/libvirt/libvirt-admin.conf uri_default = "aaaaa" 2.$ virt-admin connect error: Failed to connect to the admin server error: unsupported configuration: Unsupported URI scheme '<null>' 3.Keep default setting or set uri_default="libvirtd:///session" in libvirt-admin.conf, and do connect: $ virt-admin "connect;uri" Connected to the admin server libvirtd:///session Since the result is as expected, mark this bug as verified.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2577.html