[elbe-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] quickstart: describe how to use virtual machines as a regular user

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From: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists at googlemail.com>

Add instructions on how to add current user to libvirt related groups.

Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists at googlemail.com>
---
 docs/quickstart.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/quickstart.txt b/docs/quickstart.txt
index 5fdf852..57ebd70 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.txt
+++ b/docs/quickstart.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ This virtual-machine is referred to as "initvm". You will want your
 initvm to be the same architecture as your workstation. This allows
 using hardware accelerated virtualization implemented by kvm.
 
+In order to be able to work with virtual machines as a regular user,
+that user needs to be added to some groups depending on Debian version:
+
+For Debian/stretch, jessie-backports, and newer:
+
+$ adduser <youruser> libvirt
+$ adduser <youruser> libvirt-qemu
+
+For jessie and older:
+
+$ adduser <youruser> kvm
+$ adduser <youruser> libvirt
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 $ elbe initvm create --directory=initvm
 /home/torbenh/elbe/elbe/initvm
-- 
2.1.4