Working with VM's as a non-root user
Chris G
cl at isbd.net
Tue Oct 23 16:40:21 UTC 2007
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Michael Semcheski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone give me any tips, information, or experience with this problem?
>
> I administer five Fedora workstations. The users have a couple of
> requirements which could best be met with a virtualized windows
> machine.
>
> I have setup a virtualized host. But, they don't need it all the
> time, and they need the RAM for other things when they're not using
> the VM.
>
> Is there a way that I can allow user who are not root and do not have
> root access the ability to startup and shutdown the virtual machine?
> Limited sudo would be acceptable.
>
What software are you using to run the virtual machine(s)?
Vmware doesn't need root access to start or stop virtual machines.
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Chris Green
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