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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
• A letter, corresponding to the letter at the top of the column (read, write or
execute), indicates that the setting is the same for all files and it does grant the
permission indicated by the letter.
• 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.
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, then 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 particular 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 168.
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.