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fix: allow running kvm if in kvm group #48

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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion vmrunner/vmrunner.py
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import signal
import tempfile
from enum import Enum
import grp
import platform
import psutil

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self.info("KVM OFF")
return False


if not self._allow_sudo:
raise Exception("KVM is enabled, which requires sudo, but sudo is not enabled")
if "kvm" in (g.gr_name for g in grp.getgrall()):
_in_kvm_group = grp.getgrnam("kvm").gr_gid in os.getgroups()
if not _in_kvm_group:
raise Exception("KVM was requested, but user is not in the 'kvm' group")
else:
raise Exception("KVM is enabled, which requires sudo, but sudo is not enabled")

command = "egrep -m 1 '^flags.*(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo"
try:
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