[TriLUG] Re: vmware switch user - linux host

[David McDowell]

ya, in this case, I figured letting the gui control those changes was
much safer!  :)

On 1/29/07, Israel J Pattison <pattison at usa.com> wrote:
> When you check and uncheck the make private box you are changing the
> contents of two files:  /etc/vmware/vm-list and
> /etc/vmware/vm-list-private.  I believe the
> /etc/vmware/vm-list-private specifies the userids that are allowed to
> access the vm.  Hacking that file might have fixed the problem (or it
> may have rendered the vm completely unusable).
>
> Israel
>
> On 1/29/07, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Old thread... but the solution was simple:  Uncheck the box which
> > makes the VM private, then move it, chown it, whatever, then turn it
> > on, presto... only then mark it private again if that's an extra bit
> > of security you desire.  :)
> >
> >
> > On 11/20/06, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi folks.  I seem to have run into a problem this weekend switching
> > > which user owned my VMs.  User1 was the previous owner.  I shut the
> > > VMs down, then I used the Vmware Server Console (VSC) to unregister
> > > them (so I thought).  I created user2, then chown'd the VMs to user2,
> > > went into the VSC as user2 and was able to open and start the VMs.
> > >
> > > However, then I went and deleted user1, closed the VSC and reopend and
> > > was no longer allowed to access those VMs.  I wonder if this has only
> > > some, none or all to do with the making the VM private option... if
> > > so, how to adjust for that so I can switch owners AND keep the VMs
> > > private under the new owner?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > David McD
> > >
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