Problem solved; use the correct URL, domain and double \\....:

ovirt-shell -u internal\\admin -p xxxxxxx -l http://localhost:8080/api -c

 ==========================================
 >>> connected to oVirt manager 3.0.0.0 <<<
 ==========================================
       
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
           Welcome to oVirt shell
 
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Winfried

Michael Pasternak <mpastern@redhat.com> schreef:

okay, i can see it now, the reason for that is lack of protocol
in your URL:  it has to be http(s)://localhost:8080/api

also i suggest you trying ovirt-engine-cli-2.0-3 anyway
as it have few cool features (attached - in case it yet
not available at release/nightly repos)

On 02/28/2012 03:26 PM, Michael Pasternak wrote:
i just closed bug reporting similar issue,
i was not able to reproduce it, can you please
try ovirt-engine-cli-2.0-3


On 02/28/2012 01:40 PM, wdh@dds.nl wrote:
Starting ovirt-shell failes to connect:

ovirt-shell -c -l localhost:8080/api -u admin -p xxxx -c

error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind'


  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
            Welcome to oVirt shell
  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

rpm -qi ovirt-engine-cli
Name        : ovirt-engine-cli
Version     : 2.0
Release     : 2.fc16
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012 12:33:23 PM CET
Group       : Development/Libraries
Size        : 639525
License     : ASL 2.0
Signature   : (none)
Source RPM  : ovirt-engine-cli-2.0-2.fc16.src.rpm
Build Date  : Sun 19 Feb 2012 02:04:05 PM CET
Build Host  : nott16.eng.lab.tlv.redhat.com
Relocations : (not relocatable)
URL         : http://ovirt.org
Summary     : oVirt Engine Command Line Interface
Description :
The command line interface for oVirt-Engine.

Anyone?


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