Group 'libvirtd' does not exist while installing QEMU-KVM
I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and linux kernel 4.11.3 on a server. The system operates on x86-64 architecture.
I was using the Ubuntu documentation to install KVM linked here Install KVM.
I have encountered a problem while installing it. I see that the installation of libvirt-bin did not install the group libvirtd in my system.
Edit : I see that the below groups have been created possibly after the installation -
akalita@######:~$ cat /etc/group
kvm:x:120:
libvirt:x:121:#######
libvirt-qemu:x:64055:libvirt-qemu
I still cannot find the group libvirtd.
So when I go on to run the below command as per the documentation -
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd
I get the below error :-
adduser: The group `libvirtd' does not exist.
How can I resolve this issue ?
server permissions virtualization kvm
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
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I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and linux kernel 4.11.3 on a server. The system operates on x86-64 architecture.
I was using the Ubuntu documentation to install KVM linked here Install KVM.
I have encountered a problem while installing it. I see that the installation of libvirt-bin did not install the group libvirtd in my system.
Edit : I see that the below groups have been created possibly after the installation -
akalita@######:~$ cat /etc/group
kvm:x:120:
libvirt:x:121:#######
libvirt-qemu:x:64055:libvirt-qemu
I still cannot find the group libvirtd.
So when I go on to run the below command as per the documentation -
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd
I get the below error :-
adduser: The group `libvirtd' does not exist.
How can I resolve this issue ?
server permissions virtualization kvm
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
Per the instructions, did you "relogin so that your user becomes an effective member of the libvirtd group" ?. Recently I had a similar issue on Ubuntu 17.x. For some reason, it did not "
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:12
Hi @PJSingh the thing is I cannot see the group libvirtd itself. So I am not able to add my username to that group Does this mean I need to relogin again to see the group appear ?
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:17
OK, always worth checking, though. The instructions say, "but not 14.04 LTS", so I presume the instructions work for 9.10 up to 13.10, only. May be there is something different you need to do for releases after 14.04, but I don't have experience with QEMU-KVM; hopefully someone else will provide some insight to your question.
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:23
Yes, @PJSingh, I checked and relogged in. The group still does not exist. You are probably right - for releases with and beyond 14.04 - it is likely that instruction is probably not working.
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:29
add a comment |
I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and linux kernel 4.11.3 on a server. The system operates on x86-64 architecture.
I was using the Ubuntu documentation to install KVM linked here Install KVM.
I have encountered a problem while installing it. I see that the installation of libvirt-bin did not install the group libvirtd in my system.
Edit : I see that the below groups have been created possibly after the installation -
akalita@######:~$ cat /etc/group
kvm:x:120:
libvirt:x:121:#######
libvirt-qemu:x:64055:libvirt-qemu
I still cannot find the group libvirtd.
So when I go on to run the below command as per the documentation -
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd
I get the below error :-
adduser: The group `libvirtd' does not exist.
How can I resolve this issue ?
server permissions virtualization kvm
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and linux kernel 4.11.3 on a server. The system operates on x86-64 architecture.
I was using the Ubuntu documentation to install KVM linked here Install KVM.
I have encountered a problem while installing it. I see that the installation of libvirt-bin did not install the group libvirtd in my system.
Edit : I see that the below groups have been created possibly after the installation -
akalita@######:~$ cat /etc/group
kvm:x:120:
libvirt:x:121:#######
libvirt-qemu:x:64055:libvirt-qemu
I still cannot find the group libvirtd.
So when I go on to run the below command as per the documentation -
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd
I get the below error :-
adduser: The group `libvirtd' does not exist.
How can I resolve this issue ?
server permissions virtualization kvm
server permissions virtualization kvm
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
edited Jun 30 '17 at 1:59
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
asked Jun 30 '17 at 0:56
Arnabjyoti Kalita
13316
13316
Per the instructions, did you "relogin so that your user becomes an effective member of the libvirtd group" ?. Recently I had a similar issue on Ubuntu 17.x. For some reason, it did not "
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:12
Hi @PJSingh the thing is I cannot see the group libvirtd itself. So I am not able to add my username to that group Does this mean I need to relogin again to see the group appear ?
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:17
OK, always worth checking, though. The instructions say, "but not 14.04 LTS", so I presume the instructions work for 9.10 up to 13.10, only. May be there is something different you need to do for releases after 14.04, but I don't have experience with QEMU-KVM; hopefully someone else will provide some insight to your question.
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:23
Yes, @PJSingh, I checked and relogged in. The group still does not exist. You are probably right - for releases with and beyond 14.04 - it is likely that instruction is probably not working.
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:29
add a comment |
Per the instructions, did you "relogin so that your user becomes an effective member of the libvirtd group" ?. Recently I had a similar issue on Ubuntu 17.x. For some reason, it did not "
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:12
Hi @PJSingh the thing is I cannot see the group libvirtd itself. So I am not able to add my username to that group Does this mean I need to relogin again to see the group appear ?
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:17
OK, always worth checking, though. The instructions say, "but not 14.04 LTS", so I presume the instructions work for 9.10 up to 13.10, only. May be there is something different you need to do for releases after 14.04, but I don't have experience with QEMU-KVM; hopefully someone else will provide some insight to your question.
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:23
Yes, @PJSingh, I checked and relogged in. The group still does not exist. You are probably right - for releases with and beyond 14.04 - it is likely that instruction is probably not working.
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:29
Per the instructions, did you "relogin so that your user becomes an effective member of the libvirtd group" ?. Recently I had a similar issue on Ubuntu 17.x. For some reason, it did not "
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:12
Per the instructions, did you "relogin so that your user becomes an effective member of the libvirtd group" ?. Recently I had a similar issue on Ubuntu 17.x. For some reason, it did not "
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:12
Hi @PJSingh the thing is I cannot see the group libvirtd itself. So I am not able to add my username to that group Does this mean I need to relogin again to see the group appear ?
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:17
Hi @PJSingh the thing is I cannot see the group libvirtd itself. So I am not able to add my username to that group Does this mean I need to relogin again to see the group appear ?
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:17
OK, always worth checking, though. The instructions say, "but not 14.04 LTS", so I presume the instructions work for 9.10 up to 13.10, only. May be there is something different you need to do for releases after 14.04, but I don't have experience with QEMU-KVM; hopefully someone else will provide some insight to your question.
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:23
OK, always worth checking, though. The instructions say, "but not 14.04 LTS", so I presume the instructions work for 9.10 up to 13.10, only. May be there is something different you need to do for releases after 14.04, but I don't have experience with QEMU-KVM; hopefully someone else will provide some insight to your question.
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:23
Yes, @PJSingh, I checked and relogged in. The group still does not exist. You are probably right - for releases with and beyond 14.04 - it is likely that instruction is probably not working.
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:29
Yes, @PJSingh, I checked and relogged in. The group still does not exist. You are probably right - for releases with and beyond 14.04 - it is likely that instruction is probably not working.
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:29
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I had the same problem and for me the solution was to manually create the libvirtd group:
sudo addgroup libvirtd
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME libvirtd
After that: virt-manager started without telling me to add myself to the libvirtd group anymore.
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
17415
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The issue is about the name of the group.
On Ubuntu, the group name should be "libvirt" ...without "d".
so your command should be:
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirt
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]
– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
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The group was renamed to libvirt for Ubuntu 16.10 and later. It's in the Ubuntu Server Guide
answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
184
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I faced the same issue on ubuntu 17.04 Desktop
Workaround:
In a terminal enter:
sudo apt install virt-manager
and then
sudo virt-manager
if you try to start virt-manager using Unity GUI
Application > virt-manager
it won't work because your current user does not have the requisite permissions.
edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
50k13131238
answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
ritin
1116
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I had the same problem and for me the solution was to manually create the libvirtd group:
sudo addgroup libvirtd
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME libvirtd
After that: virt-manager started without telling me to add myself to the libvirtd group anymore.
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
17415
add a comment |
I had the same problem and for me the solution was to manually create the libvirtd group:
sudo addgroup libvirtd
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME libvirtd
After that: virt-manager started without telling me to add myself to the libvirtd group anymore.
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
17415
add a comment |
I had the same problem and for me the solution was to manually create the libvirtd group:
sudo addgroup libvirtd
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME libvirtd
After that: virt-manager started without telling me to add myself to the libvirtd group anymore.
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
17415
I had the same problem and for me the solution was to manually create the libvirtd group:
sudo addgroup libvirtd
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME libvirtd
After that: virt-manager started without telling me to add myself to the libvirtd group anymore.
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
17415
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
17415
answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
firepol
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answered Oct 8 '17 at 13:06
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The issue is about the name of the group.
On Ubuntu, the group name should be "libvirt" ...without "d".
so your command should be:
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirt
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]
– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
add a comment |
The issue is about the name of the group.
On Ubuntu, the group name should be "libvirt" ...without "d".
so your command should be:
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirt
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]
– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
add a comment |
The issue is about the name of the group.
On Ubuntu, the group name should be "libvirt" ...without "d".
so your command should be:
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirt
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
The issue is about the name of the group.
On Ubuntu, the group name should be "libvirt" ...without "d".
so your command should be:
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirt
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
answered Jan 7 at 16:35
Kamesh Chauhan
5111
5111
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]
– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
add a comment |
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]
– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,
sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
Nice, this was the issue on Solus too! Or in that case,
sudo usermod -a -G libvirt [username]– Jonas
Jan 19 at 21:58
add a comment |
The group was renamed to libvirt for Ubuntu 16.10 and later. It's in the Ubuntu Server Guide
answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
184
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The group was renamed to libvirt for Ubuntu 16.10 and later. It's in the Ubuntu Server Guide
answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
184
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The group was renamed to libvirt for Ubuntu 16.10 and later. It's in the Ubuntu Server Guide
answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
184
The group was renamed to libvirt for Ubuntu 16.10 and later. It's in the Ubuntu Server Guide
answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
184
answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
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answered Dec 15 at 19:50
oliver602
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answered Dec 15 at 19:50
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I faced the same issue on ubuntu 17.04 Desktop
Workaround:
In a terminal enter:
sudo apt install virt-manager
and then
sudo virt-manager
if you try to start virt-manager using Unity GUI
Application > virt-manager
it won't work because your current user does not have the requisite permissions.
edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
50k13131238
answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
ritin
1116
add a comment |
I faced the same issue on ubuntu 17.04 Desktop
Workaround:
In a terminal enter:
sudo apt install virt-manager
and then
sudo virt-manager
if you try to start virt-manager using Unity GUI
Application > virt-manager
it won't work because your current user does not have the requisite permissions.
edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
50k13131238
answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
ritin
1116
add a comment |
I faced the same issue on ubuntu 17.04 Desktop
Workaround:
In a terminal enter:
sudo apt install virt-manager
and then
sudo virt-manager
if you try to start virt-manager using Unity GUI
Application > virt-manager
it won't work because your current user does not have the requisite permissions.
edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
50k13131238
answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
ritin
1116
I faced the same issue on ubuntu 17.04 Desktop
Workaround:
In a terminal enter:
sudo apt install virt-manager
and then
sudo virt-manager
if you try to start virt-manager using Unity GUI
Application > virt-manager
it won't work because your current user does not have the requisite permissions.
edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
50k13131238
answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
ritin
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edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
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edited Sep 18 '17 at 13:07
Zanna
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answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
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answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
ritin
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answered Sep 18 '17 at 12:26
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Per the instructions, did you "relogin so that your user becomes an effective member of the libvirtd group" ?. Recently I had a similar issue on Ubuntu 17.x. For some reason, it did not "
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:12
Hi @PJSingh the thing is I cannot see the group libvirtd itself. So I am not able to add my username to that group Does this mean I need to relogin again to see the group appear ?
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:17
OK, always worth checking, though. The instructions say, "but not 14.04 LTS", so I presume the instructions work for 9.10 up to 13.10, only. May be there is something different you need to do for releases after 14.04, but I don't have experience with QEMU-KVM; hopefully someone else will provide some insight to your question.
– PJ Singh
Jun 30 '17 at 1:23
Yes, @PJSingh, I checked and relogged in. The group still does not exist. You are probably right - for releases with and beyond 14.04 - it is likely that instruction is probably not working.
– Arnabjyoti Kalita
Jun 30 '17 at 1:29