Bug 106679

Summary:	/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware-vmx needs to be setuid but it's not
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled] <vmware+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stuart Luppescu 2005-09-20 07:20:14 UTC

It seems that since app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r7, but not with
previous versions, /opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware-vmx is not being setuid. I think
that in version 5, execution priveledges for this file are determined by
membership in the vmware group, and this scheme is being used for version 4.5.2.
This doesn't work for version 4; in version 4 the file must be setuid.

The result is that the package installs and configures fine, but when you try
and power on the virtual machine, nothing happens unless you manually chmod +s
that file.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.install and configure vmware-workstation 4.5.2.8848-r7
2.push the green triangle button
3.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
The virtual machine should start

Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-20 08:07:04 UTC

emerge sync... already fixed in CVS