Ah, I see. You've set both the setuid and sticky bit on the script following on from Ben's post.
The sticky bit will ensure that the executable is help in swap after the program ends, leading ( in long, long ago days ) to a faster startup next time. I don't think that's relevant any more. I'm also surprised that a shellscript will run with a setuid root bit set. Is/was considered a security risk... Glad it's sorted, Steve On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:24:48 +1300 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve, I think I haven't been clear enough about the issue. The > server component is starting up fine, as are the virtual machines that I > have starting automatically. What I am trying to do is get the console > going, and just as the logged on user rather than having to invoke sudo > and provide the password. Hope this makes it clearer? > > Cheers, > Roger > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start > > > > should do the trick. > > > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>
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