On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:14:33 -0500, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > This works but whenever you boot the laptop you have to su to root and > execute teh chmod again or the state will not be enforced and vmware is > deathly slow. > > Does anyone here have a better solution?? sudo. Giving root rights for echo might be a bad idea, but you could add the script to /etc/sudoers, then use su in the script to run vmware itself as your normal user. -- Neil Bothwick Q. How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb? A. Only two - but it's difficult to get them in there.