Workstation User’s Manual
198 VMware, Inc.
Improved Handling of Permissions
ManyrefinementshavebeenmadeforLinuxguestsonbothLinuxandWindowshosts:
IfyouuseaLinuxhostandcreatefilesthatyouwanttosharewithaLinuxguest,
thefilepermissionsshownontheguestareexactlythesameasthoseonthehost.
Usefmaskanddmasktomaskpermissionsbitsforfilesanddirectories.
IfyouuseaWindowshostandcreatefilesthatyouwanttosharewithaLinux
guest,read‐onlyfilesaredisplayedashavingreadandexecutepermissionfor
everyone,andotherfilesareshownasfullywritablebyeveryone.
IfyouuseaLinuxguesttocreatefilesforwhichyouwanttorestrictpermissions,
usethemountprogramwiththefollowingoptionsintheguest:uid,gid,fmask,
dmask,ro(read‐only),andrw(read‐write).Notethatrwisthedefault.
Ifyouareusingavirtualmac
hin
ecreatedwiththeWindowsversionof
WorkstationorapreviousreleaseoftheLinuxversionofWorkstation,youcan
changeonlytheownerpermissions.Thisbehavioristhesameasinprevious
releases.
Using a Mapped Drive
Youcanmapavirtualdisktoahostinsteadofusingsharedfoldersorcopyingdata
betweenaguestandhost.Inthiscase,youcanmapavirtualdiskinahostfilesystem
asaseparatemappeddrive.Usingamappeddriveletsyouconnecttothevirtualdi
sk
withoutgoinginto
avirtualmachine.
Afteryoumapthevirtualdisktoadriveonthehost,youcannotpoweronanyvirtual
machinethatusesthatdiskuntilyoudisconnectitfromthehost.
YoucanuseWorkstationtomapthedisktoadriveonthehost,andtodi
sconnectthe
driv
e.OnWindows,ifyouattempttousethehost’sMyComputer>Tools>Disconnect
NetworkDrivecommand,youwillnotseethemappeddriveletterinthelistof
networkdrives.
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