Starting Xen without Root Password

[MikeH30]

I am using Xen Virutal Machine Manager and have Windows XP installed as a guest OS and OpenSuse 11.0, KDE 4.1.2 as the host machine.

Does anyone know how I can start the Xen Virtual Machine Manager and the Windows XP guest without having to use my root password? Some end users in my office need to use some legacy Windows XP applications and I do not want to let them have the root password.

Regards,

-Mike

[ohgary]

use sudo, to run a script/program as root

[MikeH30]

Thanks for the reply. The end users are front desk personnel with basic windows experience. How will I set up a script to boot into Xen automatically and allow them to start the XP guest without giving them the root password?

-Mike

[gogalthorp]

I don't use xen but my guess is to set the permissions of the xen virtual machine files to allow more users/groups.

[MikeH30]

One thing to note though is that in order to access the Xen Virtual Machine Manager the user has to access Yast first, then click on the icon for the Xen Virtual Machine Manager. A user needs the root password to access Yast. How would I get around this?

-Mike

[gogalthorp]

You could consider using VMWare Server instead. You would then not have these problems.
Just a thought

[MikeH30]

I was using VMWare Server but I switched to Xen because every time there was a kernel update I had to re-install VMware Server. This happened at least two times in six months. This posed a problem because the front desk personnel need to use legacy XP applications on a day to day basis and I was not always available to re-install VMWare Server.

I really like Xen over VMware Server. I used VMware Server for six months and the difference with Xen was noticeable right away. Virtual machines run smoother on Xen than on VMWare Server. There was also "lagginess" with VMware Server that I do not notice on Xen.

-Mike