Use the suid sticky bit.
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:02:44 +1300, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good morning. I took the bait of the minor upgrade available from
> VMWare Server to go up a massive 0.01 to 1.05, downloading their tar
> file and running the install script. The installation went fine and VMs
> run and behave as usual. However I am no longer able to use a KDE menu
> or Autostart entry to launch the application, the only method I have
> found so far is to launch manually via command line thus:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /usr/bin/vmware -l
> [sudo] password for roger:
>
> which is a pain and obviously not good practice. Without sudo I get
> permission denied which seems to be contrary to my understanding of the
> permissions in that I have execute rights:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ls -al /usr/bin | grep vmware
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4570 2008-04-02 11:45 vmware
>
> Yes, yes, I know, use Adept - and I'm really bad. It's only offering
> 1.04, sure I could remove 1.05 and go back a release but it's the
> learning for me. How can I create a desktop icon command that doesn't
> require the use of sudo? I know the "right click the desktop, create
> new, link to application" bit, and /usr/bin/vmware as the application
> command doesn't do it.
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
> Roger
