>From: "Bart Schaefer" <barton.schaefer at gmail.com> >Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Vmware version 1.03 >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:32:40 -0700 > >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. >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thanks for your help, it gave me some insight but prior to reading that when I installed vmware the second time, I created a folder in my home directory for the virtual machines. However, I still got the error message that I am not authorized to do that. I added myself to the disk group so I could have full permissions to the hard drive. The passage did not tell me how to allow an ordinary user to create a new virtual machine. Later _________________________________________________________________ More photos, more messages, more storage—get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507