On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Eben King wrote:
> I do this:
> vmware &
> ps ax -o user,command | grep vmware
>
> and see
>
> root /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/v
> eben vmware
> eben vmware-ui -A 7 -B 4 -S -L /tmp/vmware-eben-2883.log -E none
> eben vmware-mks -A 8 -B 5 -S -L /tmp/vmware-eben-2883.log -P 2883 -E none
>
> Why is the OS not honoring the suid bit?
Is 'vmware' a shell script? Suid/sgid bits usually aren't honored on
those (for good reason).
Otherwise, it's possible that the program is dropping root privs on
purpose.
I'm not familiar with VMware under Linux, but is it possible to give
ownership of the virtual disks to your regular UID and then run it
normally (non-suid)?
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