hostnamectl; # tested on
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 
Kernel: Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64
Architecture: x86-64

# as non root user
virsh uri
qemu:///session

# as root user
su - root
virsh uri
qemu:///system

# Ctrl+D log out root, as non-root user
virsh -c qemu:///system list --all

# make it permanent for all users of the system
echo 'export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI="qemu:///system"' >> /etc/bash.bashrc

# only for current user
echo 'export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI="qemu:///system"' >> ~/.bashrcsource ~/.bashrc

# in a new terminal as non-root user try again
# it should now list all available vms on this system
virsh list --all

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