[Users] virt-v2v import needs saslauth credentials

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 05:34:29PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 04:49:02PM -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > 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)
> 
> This is really a libvirt question, to which I don't know the answer.
> 
> Complex libvirt authentication (such as SASL) may ask the user a
> series of questions, such as username and password.  Are you running
> virt-v2v interactively at a terminal?

More importantly does virt-v2v use the virConnectOpenAuth() method
which enables callbacks to be provided to prompt for auth ? If not,
then it'll need to be updated to support authentication.

Daniel
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