MarianoAbsatz wrote:
> Not counting the mysteriousness, I can confirm that I can't create a
> virtual machine on a root owned directory by doing the following:
> 
> sudo ubuntu-vm-builder kvm hardy --dest /var/kvm/my_vm01
> 
> I'd expect to be able to do this... or do I have to create a non-root
> user to be the owner of the VMs?

No, you just need to give write capabilities to the for the enclosing
folder to the user you are creating it from, as it makes full sense for
the user creating the vm to be able to access it.  Nothing prevents you
to use "sudo su" to start with so that the user that creates the vm is
effectively root.

  status invalid



** Changed in: ubuntu-vm-builder (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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fails mysterious when runs as root (via sudo)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255674
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