> Hi Gilad,
> 
> On 04/19/2010 09:59 AM, Gilad Benjamini wrote:
> >> On Friday 16 April 2010 11:07:08 am Gilad Benjamini wrote:
> >>> Is there a way to override parameters from a VM’s vmx file by the
> >> vmtoolsd
> >>> configuration file ? Specifically, I’d like to override the time
> >>> synchronization, and time synchronization at startup.
> 
> If you want to completely kill of time synchronization in the guest,
> you can
> remove the time sync plugin (libtimeSync.so) from the "vmsvc" plugins
> directory.

This sounds like an excellent solution for me.
When is its presence checked ?
I was thinking of placing the file in a different directory, and if I do need 
it at some point I can always
- Stop tools daemon
- Put file back in the plugins directory
- Start daemon

Will that work ?

> 
> There's no other way to override VMX settings from inside the guest
> (since the
> VMX settings mostly control the behavior of the software running on the
> host,
> not inside the guest).
> 
> --
> - Marcelo


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