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VMware Workstation 4 User's Manual
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Sharing Virtual Machines
with Other Users
If you intend to have other users access your virtual machines, you should consider
the following points:
•
On Windows hosts, the virtual machine files should be in a location on a system
that is accessible to those users. When you create a virtual machine, by default all
the files associated with it are placed in C:\Documents and
Settings\<user name>\My Documents\My Virtual Machines.
Other users typically do not have access to this folder. When you configure the
virtual machine in the New Virtual Machine Wizard, you can specify a location for
the virtual machine elsewhere on your system or on the network.
•
On Linux hosts, permissions for the virtual machine files — especially the
configuration file (.vmx) and virtual disks (.vmdk) — should be set for other
users according to how you want them to use the virtual machine. For instance,
if you want users to run a virtual machine but not be able to modify its
configuration, do not make the configuration file writable.
•
If your virtual machine was created under VMware Workstation 3 or another
VMware product and uses disks in nonpersistent mode, you should consider
changing the location of the redo-log file, since by default it is placed in your
temp directory, to which other users may not have access (redo-log files for disks
in undoable mode are placed in the same directory as the virtual machine's
configuration file). To change the location of the redo-log file, take the following
steps.
A.
With the virtual machine powered off, open the Virtual Machine Control
Panel. Choose Edit > Virtual Machine Settings.
B.
Click the Options tab.
C.
Click Browse and select a directory that is shared with other users.
D.
Click OK to save the change and close the Virtual Machine Control Panel.
Note: VMware Workstation 3 virtual machines with disks in nonpersistent mode
perform better when the redo-log files for those disks are located in the system's
temp directory.
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