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Bug 743557 - libvirtd fails to start - Failed to find group record for name 'qemu'
Summary: libvirtd fails to start - Failed to find group record for name 'qemu'
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libvirt
Version: 6.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Michal Privoznik
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 742646 771720
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-10-05 11:13 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2012-01-04 18:36 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Due to a programming error in the initialization code of the libvirtd daemon, the QEMU driver could have failed to find the user or group ID of the qemu application on the system. As a result, libvirtd failed to start. With this update, the error has been corrected and libvirtd now works as expected.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-11-07 13:49:05 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1431 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE libvirt bug fix update 2011-11-07 18:48:41 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2011-10-05 11:13:03 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #742646 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.1 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 4 Michal Privoznik 2011-10-05 11:27:08 UTC 
Moving to POST: 

http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhvirt-patches/2011-October/msg00167.html
Comment 6 Huang Wenlong 2011-10-13 07:36:28 UTC 
Verify this bug with :
libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.2.x86_64



[root@intel-w3520-12-2 z]# /etc/init.d/libvirtd status
libvirtd (pid  5407) is running...
[root@intel-w3520-12-2 z]# rpm -q libvirt qemu-kvm
libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.2.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.8.x86_64
[root@intel-w3520-12-2 z]# /etc/init.d/libvirtd restart
Stopping libvirtd daemon:                                  [  OK  ]
Starting libvirtd daemon:                                  [  OK  ]
Comment 7 Huang Wenlong 2011-10-13 10:25:52 UTC 
(In reply to comment #6)
> Verify this bug with :
> libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.2.x86_64
> 
> 
> 
> [root@intel-w3520-12-2 z]# /etc/init.d/libvirtd status
> libvirtd (pid  5407) is running...
> [root@intel-w3520-12-2 z]# rpm -q libvirt qemu-kvm
> libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.2.x86_64
> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.8.x86_64
> [root@intel-w3520-12-2 z]# /etc/init.d/libvirtd restart
> Stopping libvirtd daemon:                                  [  OK  ]
> Starting libvirtd daemon:                                  [  OK  ]

libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.2.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.8
kernel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6
Comment 8 Pierre Larsson 2011-10-13 14:18:30 UTC 
So are the packages now available via errata?

I had a look on our satellite server but they are not there yet.

Thanks,
Pierre
Comment 9 Huang Wenlong 2011-10-14 03:10:21 UTC 
(In reply to comment #8)
> So are the packages now available via errata?
> 
> I had a look on our satellite server but they are not there yet.
> 
> Thanks,
> Pierre


Hi, Pierre

These packages should be in errata , but the libvirt's errata had not push yet .


Wenlong
Comment 10 Pierre Larsson 2011-10-14 08:41:06 UTC 
Ah ok. Will that get pushed today? I'm hoping to upgrade this weekend.

Thanks,
Pierre
Comment 11 Dave Allan 2011-10-14 19:41:46 UTC 
(In reply to comment #10)
> Ah ok. Will that get pushed today? I'm hoping to upgrade this weekend.

Pierre, you should really be asking Red Hat support this kind of question.  The people looking at the BZ are engineers and not able to give you definitive answers, but support can.  Dave
Comment 12 Pierre Larsson 2011-10-14 21:07:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #11)

> Pierre, you should really be asking Red Hat support this kind of question.  The
> people looking at the BZ are engineers and not able to give you definitive
> answers, but support can.  Dave

Ah ok. No major rush and btw I'm impressed with how quickly this was ported.
Comment 13 Miroslav Svoboda 2011-10-20 13:51:35 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Due to a programming error in the initialization code of the libvirtd daemon, the QEMU driver could have failed to find the user or group ID of the qemu application on the system. As a result, libvirtd failed to start. With this update, the error has been corrected and libvirtd now works as expected.
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2011-11-07 13:49:05 UTC 
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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1431.html
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