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.

-- 
Chris Green




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