On 5/10/07, Barton Callender <b14wc at hotmail.com> wrote: > I just downloaded vmware version 1.03 the .tar download. There were no > problems installing it however, only when I'm logged as the root user am I > able to create new virtual machine. Does anyone know how to correct this > problem? http://pubs.vmware.com/server1/admin/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=admin&file=manage_secure_gsx.html#1001875 Virtual machines are just files on your disk. Everyone who is to be allowed to create a virtual machine needs write permission on the directory where those files will be stored.