libvirt users - Apr 2014 - Libvirt qemu permission denied error

Hello,

I am trying run a simple VM (qemu1.4.2) on RHEL 6.5 through libvirt (0.10).
virsh create throws the error:

*​error: Failed to create domain from vm1.xml*
*error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor:*​

The libvirt log for VM shows:


*libvir:  error : cannot execute binary /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64:
Permission denied*

​I am running VM as root and all disk images/ISOs required for VM are
read/write/executable.

​

-- 
Asadullah Hussain

On 04/23/2014 05:44 AM, Asadullah Hussain wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying run a simple VM (qemu1.4.2) on RHEL 6.5 through libvirt (0.10).
> virsh create throws the error:
> 
> *​error: Failed to create domain from vm1.xml*
> *error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor:*​
> 
> The libvirt log for VM shows:
> 
> 
> *libvir:  error : cannot execute binary /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64:
> Permission denied*
> 
> ​I am running VM as root and all disk images/ISOs required for VM are
> read/write/executable.
The disk images may be accessible, but did you check that the actual
qemu binary was accessible?  Given that you are using RHEzL, have you
considered opening a support ticket with Red Hat?

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

The qemu binary is accessible as I can create VM through command line. That
is why I thought it may be a libvirt issue.

I have also contacted Red Hat support and will post my findings here if the
issue is resolved.


On 23 April 2014 17:16, Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 04/23/2014 05:44 AM, Asadullah Hussain wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying run a simple VM (qemu1.4.2) on RHEL 6.5 through libvirt
> (0.10).
> > virsh create throws the error:
> >
> > *​error: Failed to create domain from vm1.xml*
> > *error: internal error process exited while connecting to monitor:*​
> >
> > The libvirt log for VM shows:
> >
> >
> > *libvir:  error : cannot execute binary /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64:
> > Permission denied*
> >
> > ​I am running VM as root and all disk images/ISOs required for VM are
> > read/write/executable.
>
> The disk images may be accessible, but did you check that the actual
> qemu binary was accessible?  Given that you are using RHEzL, have you
> considered opening a support ticket with Red Hat?
>
> --
> Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
>
>

-- 
Asadullah Hussain