[nmglug] virt-manager KVM error message !!!

[BrianO'Keefe]

Run as root or sudo?

a wrote:
> Following the step-by-step for creating new virtual machine I get this
> message:
>
> :Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> unable to
> connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': Permission denied
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 714, in
> do_install
>     guest.conn = libvirt.open(self.connection.get_uri())
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 159, in open
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpen() failed')
> libvirtError: unable to connect to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock':
> Permission denied
>
>
> Anyone able to translate the above to human readable
> form?                                             
>
>                                                     Antonio
>
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