On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Michael Semcheski wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone give me any tips, information, or experience with this problem? > > I administer five Fedora workstations. The users have a couple of > requirements which could best be met with a virtualized windows > machine. > > I have setup a virtualized host. But, they don't need it all the > time, and they need the RAM for other things when they're not using > the VM. > > Is there a way that I can allow user who are not root and do not have > root access the ability to startup and shutdown the virtual machine? > Limited sudo would be acceptable. > What software are you using to run the virtual machine(s)? Vmware doesn't need root access to start or stop virtual machines. -- Chris Green