Permissions Permissions... It's my PC... I should be able to do anything!

[tdeverell]

I've read a few post:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=77784&tstart=90

And this started from the same article as most have read:

http://www.advicesource.org/ubuntu/Run_Existing_Windows_Instalation_On_Ubuntu_With_Vmware_player.htm...

I've changed damn near every permission I can find.... .vmx, .vmdk, .mbr, /dev/hda (don't like this one...)

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Sorry if this has been already covered... i'm slow.

tom@tom-laptop:~$ ls -l

total 378588

drwxr-xr-x 2 tom tom 4096 2007-05-16 13:02 Adobe Photoshop 7.0

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 21407888 2007-05-21 19:01 avg75free_467a1008.exe

drwxr-xr-x 2 tom tom 4096 2007-06-06 15:45 bin

drwxr-xr-x 5 tom tom 4096 2007-05-15 07:58 crossover-pro-6.0.0

drwxr-xr-x 3 tom tom 4096 2007-06-13 13:12 Desktop

lrwxrwxrwx 1 tom tom 26 2007-05-21 08:03 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 2845173 2007-05-31 08:51 Firefox_wallpaper.png

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 1458927 2007-05-21 14:26 GoodWeather.tar.gz

lrwxrwxrwx 1 tom tom 35 2007-05-21 13:39 googleearth -> /home/tom/google-earth//googleearth

drwxr-xr-x 9 tom tom 4096 2007-05-21 13:39 google-earth

-rwxr-xr-x 1 tom tom 23852601 2007-05-15 13:12 GoogleEarthLinux.bin

drwxr-xr-x 6 tom tom 4096 2007-05-31 14:09 ies4linux-2.0.5

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 56762 2007-06-13 08:41 KSC-14_ver1.sla

-rwxrwxrwx 1 tom tom 4203358 2007-05-24 15:50 KSC_rev1.0.pdf

-rwxrwxrwx 1 tom tom 333244416 2007-05-04 10:19 KSC_rev1.0.pmd

drwxrwxrwx 2 tom tom 4096 2007-05-11 14:26 Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise 10-in-1

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 1003 2007-05-31 10:54 Mount ISO

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 0 2007-05-31 10:53 Mount ISO~

drwxr-xr-x 3 tom tom 4096 2007-06-11 07:12 Music

drwxr-xr-x 2 tom tom 4096 2007-05-22 08:56 Pagemaker 7.0

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 1965 2007-06-13 08:21 PD_man1

drwxr-xr-x 4 tom tom 4096 2007-05-31 11:25 Photos

drwxr-xr-x 2 tom tom 4096 2007-06-11 09:23 Pictures

drwxr-xr-x 4 tom tom 4096 2007-05-23 09:24 sadms-2.0.9

drwxr-xr-x 3 tom tom 4096 2007-05-21 09:38 skype-1.4.0.64

drwxr-xr-x 2 tom tom 4096 2007-06-13 13:27 vmware

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 15630 2007-06-13 14:25 vmware-0.log

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 15628 2007-06-13 14:13 vmware-1.log

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 15628 2007-06-13 14:12 vmware-2.log

-rw-rr 1 tom tom 15634 2007-06-13 14:25 vmware.log

drwxr-xr-x 10 tom tom 4096 2007-02-04 23:25 vmware-server-distrib

-rwxrwxrwx 1 tom tom 384 2007-06-13 14:26 windows.vmdk

-rw-rw-rw- 1 tom tom 385 2007-06-13 14:25 windows.vmdk~

-rwxrwx--x 1 tom tom 0 2007-06-13 13:28 windows.vmsd

-rwxrwxrwx 1 tom tom 1715 2007-06-13 13:28 windows.vmx

-rw-rwxrwx 1 root root 32256 2007-06-13 13:12 windowsxp.mbr

drwxr-xr-x 4 tom tom 4096 2007-05-31 09:55 xmms-projectM

[tdeverell]

So... in case I haven't been clear...

I'm getting the same error msg:

Cannot open the disk '/home/tom/windows.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disk it depends on.

Reason: Insufficient permission to access file.

Sorry, i tend to lose my point most the time...

[KevinG]

Post the contents of the .vmx file from the virtual machine

[tdeverell]

Thanx Kevin!

#!/usr/bin/vmware

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

uuid.location = "56 4d a8 bf eb 59 9b 4e-13 1b e5 73 97 fe da 9b"

uuid.bios = "56 4d a8 bf eb 59 9b 4e-13 1b e5 73 97 fe da 9b"

uuid.action = "create"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

displayName = "Windows XP"

annotation = ""

guestinfo.vmware.product.long = ""

guestinfo.vmware.product.url = ""

guestOS = "winxppro"

numvcpus = "1"

memsize = "128"

paevm = "TRUE"

sched.mem.pshare.enable = "TRUE"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

MemTrimRate = "-1"

nvram = "WindowsXP.nvram"

mks.enable3d = "FALSE"

vmmouse.present = "FALSE"

vmmouse.fileName = "auto detect"

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

tools.remindinstall = "FALSE"

isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"

isolation.tools.dnd.disable = "FALSE"

isolation.tools.copy.enable = "TRUE"

isolation.tools.paste.enabled = "TRUE"

gui.restricted = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:59:aa:eb"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

usb.present = "FALSE"

usb.generic.autoconnect = "FALSE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.virtualdev = "sb16"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.fileName = "windows.vmdk"

ide0:0.mode = "independent-persistent"

ide0:0.deviceType = "rawDisk"

ide0:0.redo = ""

ide0:0.writeThrough = "FALSE"

ide0:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "/dev/cdrom"

ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom"

ide1:0.writeThrough = "FALSE"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "TRUE"

floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"

floppy0.startConnected = "TRUE"

serial0.present = "FALSE"

serial1.present = "FALSE"

parallel0.present = "FALSE"

[RDPetruska · Accepted solution]

Since you are using a physical disk, you need to either run as Administrator, or make sure the user account you are using has rights to the Disk.

[tdeverell]

VERY COOL!

I understand the why, and "how to" via CLI. Do you know of an easy switch to add to the launcher so I can "Click-n-Go"?

Thanx again, Gentlemen!

[RDPetruska]

Just create a shortcut to the vmx file... that extension should be registered to open in Player... so when you double-click the shortcut, it should launch Player and open that VM.

[mobiux]

the description of my problem is on the forum:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=656268&#656268

you'll find there the content of my vmx file and the list of permissions for all my vmware files.

i have 2 problems

1) vmplayer runs only with superuser permissions

2) vmware-config.pl needs to be run everytime I boot

I guess that this forum can help me only with problem #1. My vmware disk is not physical, but virtual.

How can I configure my system so that vmplayer may be run with normal user permissions? Thanks