[PLUG] VMware Management Interface 1st user

[Carlos Konstanski]

Also, there may be a need to add all vmware users to a "vmware" group,
depending on your vmware installation.  On gentoo, for instance, I need
to add myself to the vmware group, else I cannot even run the vmware
executable.  I confess I have never installed the product from a VMWare
CD or tarball downloaded from their site.  I always use the portage
packages.  Perhaps this group constraint is applied by the ebuild.

Carlos Konstanski

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Ali Corbin wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:23:49 -0700
> From: Ali Corbin <ali.corbin at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help,	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] VMware Management Interface 1st user
> 
> On 10/6/06, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net> wrote:
>>  I've successfully (I think) installed VMware Server and the VMware
>>  Management Interface. I can display the login page of the Management
>>  Interface with Firefox. I've been following all the directions I've been
>>  able to find in
>>
>>  http://pubs.vmware.com/server1/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm115
>>
>>  What I haven't found is where I enter a user and password for the first
>>  user. Is there a default first user, or did I miss a step somewhere
>>  along the way?
>>
>>  --
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Dick Steffens
>> 
>
> As I remember, the user that's allowed to use vmware is the one who
> installed it.
>
> If you were someone else when you installed it, then you can always go
> and fiddle with the ownership of the files.  You might have to change
> the file(s) that contain the virtual disk.  You definately must change
> the config (.vmx) file.
>
> If you want to give a bunch of people permission to access the vm,
> then your best bet is probably to create a group for them, and chgrp
> the files.
>
> Ali
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