if you are running as a regular user add sudo priveledges
diff --git a/files/sudo/nova b/files/sudo/nova
index 3843416..2ce1aac 100644
--- a/files/sudo/nova
+++ b/files/sudo/nova
@@ -1 +1,47 @@
-socat
+Cmnd_Alias NOVACMDS = /bin/chmod /var/lib/nova/tmp/*/root/.ssh, \
+ /bin/chown /var/lib/nova/tmp/*/root/.ssh, \
+ /bin/chown, \
+ /bin/chmod, \
+ /bin/dd, \
+ /sbin/ifconfig, \
+ /sbin/ip, \
+ /sbin/route, \
+ /sbin/iptables, \
+ /sbin/iptables-save, \
+ /sbin/iptables-restore, \
+ /sbin/ip6tables-save, \
+ /sbin/ip6tables-restore, \
+ /sbin/kpartx, \
+ /sbin/losetup, \
+ /sbin/lvcreate, \
+ /sbin/lvdisplay, \
+ /sbin/lvremove, \
+ /bin/mkdir, \
+ /bin/mount, \
+ /sbin/pvcreate, \
+ /usr/bin/tee, \
+ /sbin/tune2fs, \
+ /bin/umount, \
+ /sbin/vgcreate, \
+ /usr/bin/virsh, \
+ /usr/bin/qemu-nbd, \
+ /usr/sbin/brctl, \
+ /sbin/brctl, \
+ /usr/sbin/radvd, \
+ /usr/sbin/vblade-persist, \
+ /sbin/pvcreate, \
+ /sbin/aoe-discover, \
+ /sbin/vgcreate, \
+ /bin/aoe-stat, \
+ /bin/kill, \
+ /sbin/vconfig, \
+ /usr/sbin/ietadm, \
+ /sbin/vgs, \
+ /sbin/iscsiadm, \
+ /usr/bin/socat, \
+ /sbin/parted, \
+ /usr/sbin/dnsmasq, \
+ /usr/bin/arping
+
+%USER% ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: SETENV: NOVACMDS
+