Comment 10 for bug 294965

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In , Bryan (bryan-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Description of problem:

Virt-manager forces the creation of qemu+ssh and xen+ssh URI's to include the root user.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. File, Open Connection
2. Choose Remote tunnel over SSH
3. Enter a hostname

Actual results:

The URI generated is 'qemu+ssh://root@hostname/system'

Expected results:

The URI generated should be 'qemu+ssh://hostname/system'

Additional info:

libvirt does not require root access and should frown upon using the root account to access libvirt if anything. A username should not be hardcoded, or at the least should detect if a username is provided in the entry field and use that instead.

See src/virtManager/connect.py:260