Specifications

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Other users cannot browse to the virtual machine and add it to the inventory.
If the virtual machine is made private after it has been created, it disappears from
other users' inventories.
To specify whether a virtual machine is private after it has been created, complete the
following steps.
1. Select the virtual machine in a console and choose VM > Settings. The virtual
machine settings editor appears.
2. Click the Options tab, then click Permissions.
3. To make the virtual machine private, check Make this virtual machine private.
To allow all users to see and use this virtual machine, clear the check box.
4. Click OK to save your settings and close the virtual machine settings editor.
Authenticating Users and Running Virtual Machines on a GSX
Server for Windows Host
Every time you connect to a GSX Server for Windows host with the VMware Virtual
Machine Console or VMware Management Interface, the VMware Authorization
Service requests a username and password, then authenticates only valid users.
Once you are authenticated, the console starts or the management interface’s Status
Monitor page appears. What you can now do with a virtual machine is based on your
permissions. See Understanding Permissions and Virtual Machines on page 106.
Each virtual machine runs as one of the following three user accounts:
• The user who powers on the virtual machine — the virtual machine runs as
the account of the user who powered on the virtual machine until the virtual
machine is powered off. Other users can connect to the virtual machine but it
still runs as the user who powered on the virtual machine.