Ubuntu – VMware Workstation cannot create ~/.vmware directory

12.04vmware-workstation

I just installed VMware Workstation 8.0.3 on ubuntu 12.04. Everytime it starts up it says that vmware needs ~/.vmware to save preferences and that it is unable to create ~/.vmware.

But ~/.vmware is already a directory. How do I get this resolved?

Best Answer

You should never run as root unless you are explicitly trying to modify your system. VMWare Workstation does not need root access to simply run a guest machine. Likely your permission were changed to root owning your ~/.vmware folder during install. You just need to change the ownership back to your user.

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.vmware

This will set the owner back to you and your group.

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