" sudo lxd init" cant go throught. Having some authorization error

LXD
1

Hi!
When I I used

sudo lxd init

and put all the things as default I get

failed to mount /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/loop0: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.NotAuthorizedCanObtain: Not authorized to perform operation

2

Would you like a YAML “lxd init” preseed to be printed? (yes/no) [default=no]: yes
config: {}
networks:

  • config:
    ipv4.address: auto
    ipv6.address: auto
    description: “”
    name: lxdbr0
    type: “”
    storage_pools:
  • config:
    size: 100GB
    description: “”
    name: default
    driver: btrfs
    profiles:
  • config: {}
    description: “”
    devices:
    eth0:
    name: eth0
    network: lxdbr0
    type: nic
    root:
    path: /
    pool: default
    type: disk
    name: default
    cluster: null

failed to mount /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/loop0: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.NotAuthorizedCanObtain: Not authorized to perform operation

When I print the preseed it looks like this.

3

As far as I know, In general it is recommended to run lxd init as root.

When everything is setup, you can run lxc commands as a normal user (assuming that you added the user to the lxd group).

4

Hi!

I tried to run it with sudo and without. But both time same error.

My user also belongs to the lxd group.

5

  1. So to clarify, you ran lxd init as root?

  2. The error:

failed to mount /org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/loop0: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.NotAuthorizedCanObtain: Not authorized to perform operation

looks like a permission problem.
Could be related to both dbus and udisks.

  1. I think I can’t help you.
    But in preparation for others to help you:
    Post some more details:
  • What Operating System are you using?
  • What Kernel?
  • Display manager?
  • Harddrives and filesystems?
    etc.
6

Hi!
Thanks for giving tips on what more info I should give.

Linux archlinux 5.6.15-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed, 27 May 2020 23:42:26 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

SSD hard drive and using ext4

/etc/subuid and /etc/subgid contains

root:100000:65536
penguin:100000:65536

Also

/etc/lxc/default.conf

lxc.net.0.type = empty
lxc.idmap = u 0 100000 65536
lxc.idmap = g 0 100000 65536
7

Just found this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udisks#Configuration

You might try the solutions stated there.
Also what does id username tell?

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uid=1000(penguin) gid=985(users) groups=985(users),998(wheel),973(docker),968(lxd),966(libvirt)

Thanks I’ll try to try soltuions from the link

9

Altho I solved this by disabling udiskie my lxd behaves very strangely. So I guess opening another thread is better.

Thanks for the help!