./vmnet-bridge -d test /dev/vmnet0 eth0 eth0: Permission denied so i can't run vmware with network Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
oldster root # qpkg -I -v vmware app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r1 * oldster root # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.4.26-gentoo-r9) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.26-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -fforce-addr -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse -fforce-addr -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dga directfb divx4linux dvdr encode esd firebird foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 icq imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang snmp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb x86 xml2 xmms xosd xprint xv zlib"
Are you running the test as root? Do you have GRSEC enabled in your kernel?
Yes, i run test as root, grsec: # Grsecurity # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC=y CONFIG_CRYPTO=y CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LOW is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_MID is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HI is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CUSTOM=y # # PaX Control # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_SOFTMODE=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_EI_PAX is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_PT_PAX_FLAGS is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_NO_ACL_FLAGS=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_HAVE_ACL_FLAGS is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_HOOK_ACL_FLAGS is not set # # Address Space Protection # # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KMEM is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_IO is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_MEMMAP is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HIDESYM is not set # # Role Based Access Control Options # # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_HIDEKERN is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_MAXTRIES=3 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_TIMEOUT=30 # # Filesystem Protections # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USER is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USERGROUP=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_GID=1001 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_ADD=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LINK is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FIFO is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHDIR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FCHDIR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MKNOD=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SHMAT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_UNIX=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FINDTASK=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_NICE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS=y # # Kernel Auditing # # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_GROUP is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECLOG is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RESLOG is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_EXECLOG is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_CHDIR is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_MOUNT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_IPC is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SIGNAL is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FORKFAIL is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TIME is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_IPADDR=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_TEXTREL is not set # # Executable Protections # # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECVE is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DMESG=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDPID=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TPE is not set # # Network Protections # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDNET=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDISN=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDID=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDSRC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDRPC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_ALL is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_CLIENT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SOCKET_SERVER is not set # # Sysctl support # # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL is not set # # Logging options # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODTIME=10 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODBURST=4
Try version 4.5.2.8848-r2 and see if this fixes your problem.