vmc-from-scratch failure to create boss VM

[wmkouw]

Goal: create boss VM according to instructions on vmc-from-scratch

Input: Create boss VM from generated XML file

sudo virsh create /home/$USER/vmc-from-scratch/nodes/bossvm.xml

Problem: permission denied when accessing storage file bossvm.img

Stack trace:

error: Failed to create domain from /home/$USER/vmc-from-scratch/nodes/bossvm.xml
error: Cannot access storage file '/home/$USER/vmc-from-scratch/nodes/bossvm.img' (as uid:64055, gid:135): Permission denied

I have already changed permissions on bossvm.img to read+write+execute for all:

sudo chmod 777 /home/$USER/vmc-from-scratch/nodes/bossvm.img