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@@ -35174,17 +35174,24 @@ services.
@subsubheading Libvirt daemon
@code{libvirtd} is the server side daemon component of the libvirt
-virtualization management system. This daemon runs on host servers
-and performs required management tasks for virtualized guests.
+virtualization management system. This daemon runs on host servers and
+performs required management tasks for virtualized guests. To connect
+to the libvirt daemon as an unprivileged user, it must be added to the
+@samp{libvirt} group, as shown in the example below.
@defvar libvirt-service-type
This is the type of the @uref{https://libvirt.org, libvirt daemon}.
Its value must be a @code{libvirt-configuration}.
@lisp
+(users (cons (user-account
+ (name "user")
+ (group "users")
+ (supplementary-groups '("libvirt"
+ "audio" "video" "wheel")))
+ %base-user-accounts))
(service libvirt-service-type
(libvirt-configuration
- (unix-sock-group "libvirt")
(tls-port "16555")))
@end lisp
@end defvar
@@ -35266,7 +35273,7 @@ UNIX domain socket group ownership. This can be used to allow a
'trusted' set of users access to management capabilities without
becoming root.
-Defaults to @samp{"root"}.
+Defaults to @samp{"libvirt"}.
@end deftypevr