Specifications

Administration Guide
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! A!hyphen!(-)!indicates!that!the!setting!is!the!same!for!all!files!and!it!does!not!grant!
permission.
! A!blank!space!indicates!that!the!setting!is!not!the!same!for!all!files.
Figure 3-14. Settings to make changes to files
Use!the!top!pane!of!the!file!manager!to!navigate!the!directory!structure!and!create!new!
directories.
To!create!a!new!directory,!click!New,!enter!the!name!for!the!directory,!and!click!OK.
Setting Permissions for Owners of Virtual Machines
The!VMware!Management!Interface!uses!the!permissions!of!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration!(.vmx)!file!to!determine!the!privileges!a!user!has!on!a!virtual!machine.!
The!user!needs!read!(r)!access!to!view!the!virtual!machine,!write!(w)!access!to!modify!
the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!parameters,!and!execute
!(x)!access!to!perform!
power!operations!on!the!virtual!machine.!In!addition,!the!user!needs!read,!write,!and!
execute!access!to!register!or!unregister!the!virtual!machine.!See!“Registering!and!
Unregistering!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 145.
Previous!versions!of!ESX!Server!checked!the!access!permissions!of!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration!file
!and!the!access!permissions!of!the!directory!in!which!the!
configuration!(.vmx)!file!was!located.!In!other!words,!the!user!needed!execute!(x)!
permissions!on!all!the!parent!directories!for!a!configuration!file.!
For!example,!if!a!configuration!file!is!/home/foo/vms/win2k/win2k.vmx,!the!user!
needed!to!have!execute!(
x)!privileges!on!/home, /home/foo,!/home/foo/vms,!
/home/foo/vms/win2k!and!appropriate!privileges!on!win2k.vmx.!