Hi, I'm using KVM like the following without having to use root access: su - yum install libvirt virt-manager qemu-kvm chkconfig libvirtd on # create new group for libvirt groupadd libvirt # add my user to this group usermod -G myuser libvirt # enable groups for libvirt instead of the default root # http://libvirt.org/auth.html#ACL_server_unix_perms nano /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf unix_sock_group = "libvirt" auth_unix_rw = "none" service libvirtd start exit # log out and back on virt-manager On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:38:48 -0500 Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'd love to be able to use sudo with virt-manager, but it simply > fails. It does work on Ubuntu, and I'd like to be able to use sudo for > all access to my KVM servers, rather than direct root login. > > Is anyone using sudo successfully with virt-manager on SL 6.3? Other X > applications work just fine.