README: Add socket location override note

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Jeffrey Wildman 2015-01-27 22:38:25 -05:00
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@ -6,9 +6,17 @@ Updated/new formulae to build virt-manager on Mac OSX.
Included is a set of formulas covering a subset of virt-manager dependencies.
Also included is a work-in-progress formula for virt-manager.
# Usage
brew tap jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager
brew install virt-manager
brew tap jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager
brew install virt-manager
Note: SSH passwords for connecting to remote URIs are not prompted unless --debug or --no-fork is used to start virt-manager.
# Notes
* For remote URIs, the libvirt socket location may need to be overridden to prevent socket hangups, see [www.jedi.be](http://www.jedi.be/blog/2011/09/13/libvirt-fog-provider/#macosx-remote-libvirt-client-).
virt-manager -c qemu+ssh://user@libvirthost/system?socket=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock
* SSH passwords for connecting to remote URIs are not prompted unless --debug or --no-fork is used to start virt-manager.