On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Andrew M. Hoerter wrote:
> 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).
No it's not.
> Otherwise, it's possible that the program is dropping root privs on
> purpose.
I guess so.
> 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)?
I don't know why it was suid. Hang on, I'll try without it. ...
VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation must be set-UID root, "vmware" is not. Are you running
vmware from its distribution directory? That copy of the program is not
set-UID root.
Guess it has to be suid. Probably to grab those ports <1024 Windows
Networking wants. VMware supports any OS you want, so it probably grabs
all of the ports, just in case.
Anyhow, changing the ownership of /usr/lib/vmware/win2000/* to me fixed
the problem. Thanks. I don't know how it got changed. Probably improper
tar usage.
VMware wants shared disks. Got to get Samba beaten into shape, then inn, ...
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