It does not need a tty to work, it opens its controlling terminal for user
interaction and with this patch even crazy things like this work:
echo 'list --name' | virsh -q >/dev/null
Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
int outfd = STDOUT_FILENO;
int errfd = STDERR_FILENO;
- if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+ if (!virPolkitAgentAvailable()) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR, "%s",
- _("Cannot start polkit text agent without a tty"));
+ _("polkit text authentication agent unavailable"));
goto error;
}