permission denied when root?
 

Hello!

When I tried to install VMware, something probably went a bit wrong, now I cannot install it (cause there is a version already installed) and when I try to configure or uninstall it (AS ROOT!) I get Permission Denied.

Thought root couldn't be denied :S

Maybe you got no write permission to some files? rm will normally ask if you'd like to overrun it; like:
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `a'?

In this case you should use rm -f instead of just rm.

Also, i it is an executable file then make sure it has the execute bit set

It should have execute set, and I definitly wouldn't want to remove it, would I? It seems to be the one way to reinstall VMware, which I need qute desperatly :)

Argh, permission bug, had to remove executeive and then add it, an it worked :) sorry to bother!

So, now I've got a new problem!

I reinstalled it, and this time it seemed to be installed correctly, but I still don't have permission to (even as root) run the vmware-config.pl.

Can you post the output from:
ls -l /etc/init.d/vmware

I've got a couple GSX 2 and 3 servers running and found them problemless.

Perhaps the quote above is from vmware still running from your last install? Try killing the pid and try again.

Same thing
 

I have the same issue. I can install, but as for running vmware-config.pl.... :mad:


The rights on the stuff:

Clean install of Slackware 10, absolutely nothing has been messed with at all. I created the user 'vmware' and group 'vmware' for running purposes, but so far everything has been run as root. I require this to work if I am to run Windows emulated, since the bulk of programs I need wont run with wine :(

BTW, I am following this guide: http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jbyrne/vmware.htm

Just make it excutable:
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/vmware