Error in starting 'rhevm-guest-agent' service.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • As per the product documentation, Installed rhevm-guest-agent on RHEL 6.4 guest machine. Package installation went smooth without any error but the service fails to start with error indicating ovirtagent user not present on the system.
# service ovirt-guest-agent start
Starting ovirt-guest-agent: /bin/chown: invalid user: `ovirtagent:ovirtagent'
runuser: user ovirtagent does not exist

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.X
  • rhevm-guest-agent

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In
Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.