Permission denied error when trying to create a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest

Issue

• Error when creating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 guest using virt-install:

  ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: bind(unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/<guest_name>.monitor): Permission denied
  chardev: opening backend "socket" failed
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 1054, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 936, in main
      start_time, guest.start_install)
    File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 978, in do_install
      dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 973, in start_install
      return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1038, in _do_install
      "install")
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 1009, in _create_guest
      dom = self.conn.createLinux(start_xml, 0)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1270, in createLinux
      if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
  libvirtError: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: bind(unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/<guest_name>.monitor): Permission denied
  chardev: opening backend "socket" failed