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 ?
Best Answer
I had the same problem and for me the solution was to manually create the
libvirtd
group:After that:
virt-manager
started without telling me to add myself to the libvirtd group anymore.