vmware - adding user to vmware group messes things up ?!?

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 03:32 AM

hi..i installed vmware-workstation using package manager (gentoo)...but everytime i add user to vmware group, it removes all other groups...really dont know what to do - maybe itis because there is nothing installed on it...do i have to install something like windows maybe as root on it...but if i add user still, will it still have the same trouble...i'd like other groups to still be available..
or do i have to make a new user to do that?

bunnyknight13 · 08-30-2006, 07:11 AM

How are you adding them to the group?

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 07:33 AM

with usermod -G vmware (username)

madman100 · 08-30-2006, 07:34 AM

Hi what version of vmware workstation are you using

ethics · 08-30-2006, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by man usermod

-G, --groups GROUP1[,GROUP2,...[,GROUPN]]]
A list of supplementary groups which the user is also a member of. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no intervening whitespace. The groups are subject to the same restrictions as the group given with the -g option. If the user is currently a member of a group which is not listed, the user will be removed from the group. This behaviour can be changed via -a option, which appends user to the current supplementary group list.

So basically you need to either specify the existing groups as well, or use the a option with it

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 07:45 AM

aaaa..i see...for some reason i dont have the -a option in usemod..thanks anyhow..
version is -5.5.1.19175-r3

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 07:59 AM

however, the vmware-workstation i emerged...does not open even with the user being added to vmware group...is there a problem with the version...or am i still missing something?

ethics · 08-30-2006, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flipwhy

aaaa..i see...for some reason i dont have the -a option in usemod..thanks anyhow..
version is -5.5.1.19175-r3

really?

i couldn't find my version of usermod nor which package it belongs to, what does your

Code:

usermod --help

return? the first one for me is -a

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 08:11 AM

thats what it says:

usermod [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]
[-d home [-m]] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-l new_name]
[-f inactive] [-e expire] [-p passwd] [-L|-U] name

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 08:12 AM

oo sorry..the version is for vmware-workstation...
which is still not working btw

flipwhy · 08-30-2006, 01:38 PM

well...i decided to not use the package manager and download the tar file and install it...it all worked fine...but just a question..about the license...i thought vmware was for free? why does it offer a 30 day free license period?