Re: [Nolug] Specifying what user a linux daemon should run as?

Try adding a vmware user into the root group.
If I remember correctly, vmaware runs as it's own user.....

Petri

Chris Jones wrote:
> In linux, how do you tell it what user you want a daemon to run as?
>
> I'm having issues with vmware in linux, with a tape drive. I need to
> map a scsi tape drive into a vm, but the vm doesn't have access to
> /dev/sg0. I can go chmod 777 the /dev/sg0 and it works perfect, but
> as soon as I reboot it goes back to 660 and an owner of root/root.
> So, how can I ensure that vmware is either running as root (yeah,
> probably a bad idea) or make sure that the permissions stick for that
> device?
___________________
Nolug mailing list
nolug@nolug.org
Received on 05/14/08