Description of problem: SSIA Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-manager-0.9.0-8.fc16.noarch (f16 virt-preview repo) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run virt-manager on computer where ssh-askpass is *not* installed 2. add a remote ssh connection, try to connect to it 3. Actual results: cryptic error message is thrown (full output in additional info) Expected results: first virt-manager says that it needs ssh-askpass, second virt-manager asks PackageKit to install it Additional info: Error message: =========================== Unable to open a connection to the libvirt management daemon. Libvirt URI is: qemu+ssh://root.29.7/system Verify that: - The 'libvirtd' daemon has been started ---------------------------- Details: Unable to open a connection to the libvirt management daemon. Libvirt URI is: qemu+ssh://root.29.7/system Verify that: - The 'libvirtd' daemon has been started Cannot recv data: ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory Permission denied, please try again. ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory Permission denied, please try again. ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password). : Connection reset by peer Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1146, in _open_thread self.vmm = self._try_open() File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1130, in _try_open flags) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed') libvirtError: Cannot recv data: ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory Permission denied, please try again. ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory Permission denied, please try again. ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password). : Connection reset by peer
minor correction: (In reply to comment #0) > 1. run virt-manager on computer where ssh-askpass is *not* installed openssh-askpass > Expected results: > first virt-manager says that it needs ssh-askpass, openssh-askpass again
*** Bug 784710 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 786660 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Without openssh-askpass, virt-manager doesn't ask you the connection password. ssh conections are unusable unless you start virt-manager in a terminal and type the password there
Upstream now: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=virt-manager.git;a=commit;h=68e78244e851f1f3829f711249d1f375103a2a4d
virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc17
virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc16
Package virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10462/virt-manager-0.9.3-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
virt-manager-0.9.4-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.9.4-1.fc17
virt-manager-0.9.4-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-0.9.4-1.fc16
virt-manager-0.9.4-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
virt-manager-0.9.4-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.