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man: virt-admin: Mention monolithic daemon URIs

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Hint users that they can use 'virt-admin' also for the new monolithic
daemons.

Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2038045
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
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Peter Krempa 2022-01-20 16:20:22 +01:00
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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The ``virt-admin`` program understands the following *OPTIONS*.
``-c``, ``--connect`` *URI* ``-c``, ``--connect`` *URI*
Connect to the specified *URI*, as if by the ``connect`` command, Connect to the specified *URI*, as if by the ``connect`` command,
instead of the default connection. instead of the default connection. See `NOTES`_.
``-d``, ``--debug`` *LEVEL* ``-d``, ``--debug`` *LEVEL*
@ -90,7 +90,14 @@ virt-admin is coming from.
NOTES NOTES
===== =====
Running ``virt-admin`` requires root privileges due to the The ``virt-admin`` supports both the monolithic ``libvirtd`` daemon and the
`modular daemons <https://www.libvirt.org/daemons.html#modular-driver-daemons>`__
whichever is in use by your system. The connection *URI* used with
``-c/--connect`` or the `connect`_ command is based on the name of the
controlled daemon e.g.: ``virtqemud:///system``, ``libvirtd:///system``.
Running ``virt-admin`` requires root privileges when communicating with the
system instance of a daemon (*URI* ending in ``/system``) due to the
communications channels used to talk to the daemon. communications channels used to talk to the daemon.
GENERIC COMMANDS GENERIC COMMANDS
@ -194,6 +201,8 @@ If *LIBVIRT_ADMIN_DEFAULT_URI* or *uri_default* (see below) were set,
active connection is executed. Note that this only applies if there is no active connection is executed. Note that this only applies if there is no
connection at all or there is an inactive one. connection at all or there is an inactive one.
See `NOTES`_ on picking the correct *URI* corresponding to a libvirt daemon.
To find the currently used URI, check the *uri* command documented below. To find the currently used URI, check the *uri* command documented below.