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Unable to connect to libvirt.
authentication failed: polkit\56retains_authorization_after_challenge=1
Authorization requires authentication but no agent is available.
Libvirt URI is: qemu:///system
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1027, in _open_thread
self.vmm = self._try_open()
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py", line 1009, in _try_open
flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 102, in openAuth
if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virConnectOpenAuth() failed')
libvirtError: authentication failed: polkit\56retains_authorization_after_challenge=1
Authorization requires authentication but no agent is available.
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