I'm unable to start a VM under my user name because I get an error "Cannot open file "/Users/Shared/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmx": Permission denied." I am able to start this VM under a different user name. I've done a "Show Package Contents" of all files within the VM and have set all of them to Read & Write permissions. I noticed that some files show my user name as the owner and some are shown with the other (working) user as the owner. The .vmx file belongs to the other user.
My problems began when the other user had some issues with the VM being "hung up" and it also looks like the day before, a snapshot was taken under this user name. Initially when I logged in I was getting an error about "File Not Found: Windows Vista-000001.vmdk, etc..". That's when I found it appeared that a snapshot was taken so I reverted to the snapshot, then discarded it. Since then, I'm getting the Permission Denied error, which I find confusing because all files in the VM are Read & Write for Everyone.
The is version 1.1.1 and I just re-installed it again but my user still cannot open it.
My system is a 24" iMac. 4GB RAM. Thanks in advance.
I would open a Terminal to the Bundle Package and use the chmod command as follows: $ chmod 777 asterisk dot asterisk
I would also run chmod 777 on the Bundle Package Folder itself.
Note: This message board sucks sometimes as I can not get the asterisk dot asterisk characters to show as properly typed! So type the asterisk dot asterisk characters when you type the command!
Note: This message board sucks sometimes as I can not get the asterisk dot asterisk characters to show as properly typed!
You could get chmod 777 *.* by using the tag (no spaces).
Success! Many thanks WoodyZ! Initially I ran chmod on the bundle from my user name and it didn't work - I was getting "Operation not permitted" on each of the files. However, I ran chmod from the user name where the VM would work and I didn't get the error. I was then able to load the VM from my user name, which I had not been able to do.
For the benefit of others, here is what worked:
Macintosh:~ Lynda$ cd /Users
Macintosh:Users Lynda$ cd Shared
Macintosh:Shared Lynda$ cd 'Virtual Machines.localized'
Macintosh:Virtual Machines.localized Lynda$ chmod 777 .
Macintosh:Virtual Machines.localized Lynda$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 dave dave 136 Dec 9 00:53 Clean Backups
drwxrwxrwx@ 12 dave dave 408 Feb 27 21:58 Windows Vista.vmwarevm
Macintosh:Virtual Machines.localized Lynda$ cd 'Windows Vista.vmwarevm'
Macintosh:Windows Vista.vmwarevm Lynda$ chmod 777 .
Macintosh:Windows Vista.vmwarevm Lynda$
When I tried this under my user name, here were the errors I received:
Macintosh:Virtual Machines.localized dave$ chmod 777 .
Macintosh:Virtual Machines.localized dave$ cd 'Windows Vista.vmwarevm'
Macintosh:Windows Vista.vmwarevm dave$ chmod 777 .
chmod: Windows Vista.nvram: Operation not permitted
chmod: Windows Vista.vmx: Operation not permitted
chmod: Windows Vista.vmxf: Operation not permitted
chmod: vmware-0.log: Operation not permitted
chmod: vmware-1.log: Operation not permitted
chmod: vmware-2.log: Operation not permitted
chmod: vmware.log: Operation not permitted
Now that I think of it, it would have been interesting to do ls-l on the bundle before running chmod just to see the before and after.
You probably could have done it under your account using sudo...
$ sudo chmod 777 .
Edit: Okay I tried using etung's suggestion "using the tag (no spaces)." to get asterisk dot asterisk to show as typed and even in Preview it would show the typed characters correctly however once posted, once again BS!
Edit: Okay I tried using etung's suggestion "using the tag (no spaces)." to get asterisk dot asterisk to show as typed and even in Preview it would show the typed characters correctly however once posted, once again BS!
Did you put them both before and after the text? I mean, proof by example:
$ sudo chmod 777 *.*
Edit: Okay I tried using etung's suggestion "using the tag (no spaces)." to get asterisk dot asterisk to show as typed and even in Preview it would show the typed characters correctly however once posted, once again BS!
Did you put them both before and after the text? I mean, proof by example:
$ sudo chmod 777 .
Yes I did!
However what really pisses me off is I write most of my replies in a Text Editor or using DNS in Word and then copy and paste into the Reply window. Everything show as I typed it even from the Preview tab yet once posted it not as typed or Previewed and frankly I get real tired of having to deal with crap like this when I'm trying to help someone else with their issue. I wish the message board would work like all the others I post to and that is display what's typed period!
Edit: Also it would be real nice if VMware would fix whatever the problem is that VMware can't even keep these Forums online for 24 hours without some problem or another causing us to not be able to access it several time a day some days! It's really starting to get old!
I'd post about it over in http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/suggest/newsite - a plaintext/no-markup mode could be useful, though I think the web team has a more pressing problems to focus on in the near term (stability, speed, redesign).
Hi there,
I recently loaded W7 Ultimate to my VMware Fusion 4 and it works perfectly up until noew. I don't know what I did to make this happen.
This is the error message I'm getting when I try to open VMware:
"No permossion to access this vitual machine
Configuration file: /Users/Susiana/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Windows 7 x64.vmx"
I found your resolution to what sounds similiar to my issue but I didn't understand anything you wrote that resolved your issue. Please hlp me understand.
Thanks in Advance
Susiana
I recently loaded W7 Ultimate to my VMware Fusion 4 and it works perfectly up until noew. I don't know what I did to make this happen.This is the error message I'm getting when I try to open VMware:
"No permossion to access this vitual machine
Configuration file: /Users/Susiana/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Windows 7 x64.vmx"
I found your resolution to what sounds similiar to my issue but I didn't understand anything you wrote that resolved your issue. Please hlp me understand.
This is not a VMware Fusion issue per se. It is a Mac OS X Permissions Issue and needs to be addressed as such. If you want to understand the issue then search the Internet for "understanding unix permissions". Have a look at: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/who-goes-there-understanding-permissions-in-unix.html
Another resource that may be helpful is: Sharing a virtual machine between users in Mac OS
I had the same issue and called VMWARE support.
VMware support was useless; I corrected the issue by using "Time Machine"; hopefully, you have activated and configured your "Time Machine"...
What I did was:
1. I opened the documents folder on my Mac
2. I deleted the folder named "Microsoft User Data" This is the data for the virtual terminal commonly referred to as the "Virtual Bundle or Microsoft Bundle"; this bundle was corrupted somehow so copying over it from Time Machine won’t help , at least not for me. You must delete it!
3. Without closing the window where the "Microsoft User Data" was located; enter "Time Machine"
4. Select the time of when the Virtual Machine/VMware was working properly
5. Select the "Microsoft User Data" form that time and click "Restore"
You should be able to use your VMware again........
ssihusa
The "Microsoft User Data" folder should have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with VMware Fusion as it is a part of Microsoft Office however for the sake of argument the only way I can see there be any relationship between it a VMware Fusion is if one is using Mirrored Folders although I doubt that VMware Fusion runs a permissions check of the contents of the entire Documents folder and then outputs an error message about permission on the .vmx configuration file. In other words, I don't buy the explanation as a plausible fix for the error message you received. ![]()
