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Gennn89
October 23rd, 2008, 12:07 PM
geeze who came up with the idea that you shouldn't have full access to something you own. lol. can anyone tell me how to mess around with the permissions so i can bloody add something to my boot drive lol. just trying to install easyvmx. has anyone done that program and made it work on intrepid yet? need a guide...
philinux
October 23rd, 2008, 12:11 PM
My guess is you need to read this from the top.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Usage
Sarmacid
October 23rd, 2008, 12:19 PM
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions

In Ubuntu you do have full access to everything you own and the sudo/root restriction is done for security reasons.
Gennn89
October 23rd, 2008, 12:21 PM
Ok then, so there's a good chance I'll never have to change any permissions so in this case how do I use easyvmx? new thread being created...
Gennn89
October 23rd, 2008, 12:23 PM
Have a Easyvmx program downloaded what to do from there? is VMware recommended or is easy just as good? newb needs help!
jerome1232
October 23rd, 2008, 12:41 PM
I like VirtualBox, It even has a .deb installer (you can just doubleclick the thing) http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Crandom
October 23rd, 2008, 12:52 PM
I would highly recomend this tutorial to get you stated (assuming you want to virtualise WinXP) using virtualbox - Unite Windows and Linux With a Single Mouse Click (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unite-Windows-and-Linux-With-a-Single-Mouse-Click-78535.shtml)
bodhi.zazen
October 23rd, 2008, 01:03 PM
I moved your thread to the virtualization section.

At the top of this section is a sticky re: Vmware that will walk you through VMWare Server. By report it works on Workstation, I have not heard re: VMX.

Other options include qemu (slow) and (if you have the hardware) KVM
bodhi.zazen
October 23rd, 2008, 01:07 PM
geeze who came up with the idea that you shouldn't have full access to something you own. lol. can anyone tell me how to mess around with the permissions so i can bloody add something to my boot drive lol. just trying to install easyvmx. has anyone done that program and made it work on intrepid yet? need a guide...

I also merged you threads. Please do not start multiple threads on the same topic :)

It causes confusion and duplication of effort.

community/RootSudo

community/FilePermissions