I need to convert a vmdk to ovirt use. I have a qcow2 formatted image and it's corresponding xml. I'm trying to run virt-v2v to put things into the proper formats/places for ovirt but I need to use my proper credentials to access the qemu:///system space. Where/how do I do this? man pages have no suggestions on virt-v2v. I have a user/passwd combo in saslauth that works for virsh. virt-v2v -i libvirtxml -o libvirt -os export --vmtype server -n ovirtmgmt /var/lib/exports/exports/5eb89069-b750-4d32-b7d3-432fd77202d1/images/test/test.xml virt-v2v: Failed to connect to qemu:///system: libvirt error code: 45, message: authentication failed: Failed to step SASL negotiation: -7 (SASL(-7): invalid parameter supplied: Unexpectedly missing a prompt result) -- -- James P. Kinney III * *Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog. - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain * http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/ *