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BazziteB
Bazzite•5mo ago•
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LordFalconBridge

Permission Denied error: Virt-Manager

Trying to create a pool on my hardrive instead of the ssd.


Unable to complete install: 'Cannot access storage file '/var/mnt/LinuxData/VM/opensusetumbleweed.qcow2' (as uid:107, gid:107): Permission denied'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 67, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 1969, in _do_async_install
    installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 722, in start_install
    domain = self._create_guest(guest, meter, initial_xml, final_xml, doboot, transient)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 664, in _create_guest
    domain = self.conn.createXML(initial_xml or final_xml, 0)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4594, in createXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: Cannot access storage file '/var/mnt/LinuxData/VM/opensusetumbleweed.qcow2' (as uid:107, gid:107): Permission denied
Unable to complete install: 'Cannot access storage file '/var/mnt/LinuxData/VM/opensusetumbleweed.qcow2' (as uid:107, gid:107): Permission denied'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 67, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 1969, in _do_async_install
    installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 722, in start_install
    domain = self._create_guest(guest, meter, initial_xml, final_xml, doboot, transient)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 664, in _create_guest
    domain = self.conn.createXML(initial_xml or final_xml, 0)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4594, in createXML
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: Cannot access storage file '/var/mnt/LinuxData/VM/opensusetumbleweed.qcow2' (as uid:107, gid:107): Permission denied
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