[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#747160: Bug#747160: libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied

[war.dhan]

excuse for the delay in replying....
gmail considers email from debian as spam....

adding myself to libvirt hasn't solved my issue.
# adduser <username> libvirt

however your words "about permissions" lead me read 
/usr/share/doc/libvirt-bin/README.Debian..

by uncommenting the #(xend-unix-server yes) line, now i am able to use 
virt-manager.

thank you & regards,
war.dhan

On Tuesday 06 May 2014 12:38 PM, Guido Günther wrote:
> On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 09:56:34AM +0530, war.dhan wrote:
>> Package: libvirt0
>> Version: 1.2.4~rc2-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>>     * What led up to the situation?
>> trying to use with xen with virt-manager.
>>
>>     * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>>       ineffective)?
>> launch gui virt-manager.
>>
>>     * What was the outcome of this action?
>> it shows the following message :
>>
>> Unable to connect to libvirt.
>>
>> Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied
>>
>> Verify that:
>>   - A Xen host kernel was booted
>>   - The Xen service has been started
>>
>> Libvirt URI is: xen:///
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1027, in
>> _open_thread
>>      self.vmm = self._try_open()
>>    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1009, in
>> _try_open
>>      flags)
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 105, in openAuth
>>      if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')
>> libvirtError: Failed to connect socket to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock':
>> Permission denied
>
> This means that the user trying to access libvirt's socket can't do
> so. Check if:
>
> * virsh works
> * /usr/share/doc/libvirt-bin/README.Debian about permissions
>
> Cheers,
>   -- Guido
>