[libvirt] Guest log getting written in cache directory rather /var/log/libvirt/qemu

[Richa Marwaha]

Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com> wrote on 08/23/2012 04:32:02 PM:

> From:
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> Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>
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> To:
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> Richa Marwaha/Silicon Valley/IBM at IBMUS
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> Cc:
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> libvir-list at redhat.com
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> Date:
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> 08/23/2012 04:32 PM
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> Subject:
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> Re: [libvirt] Guest log getting written in cache directory rather /
> var/log/libvirt/qemu
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> On 08/23/2012 02:19 PM, Richa Marwaha wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> > I am running libvirt with selinux driver under unprivileged user and
the
> > Guest.log file is not written into /var/log/libvirt/qemu/Guest.log but
> > remains in Home Directory/.cache/libvirt/qemu/log/Guest.log.
> > Does anyone know why its not writing to the required log location.
>
> That _is_ the desired default location for qemu:///session, and can be
> further tuned by setting appropriate values for XDG_CONFIG_DIR
> (defaulting to $HOME/.config) and contents of
> $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/libvirt/libvirtd.conf (set the log_outputs config
> variable).  Only qemu:///system (for privileged users) has permissions
> to write into /var/log.
>
Thanks a lot Eric for the information.
> --
> Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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