[one-users] What is the point of 'chmod +s' on vmkfstools and 'vim-cmd' for VMware hosts?

[Matthew Patton]

per http://opennebula.org/documentation:rel3.6:evmwareg there are 2  
recommendations to make these binaries setuid/setgid root. Now I can  
readily guess that the former is so that the command can run unimpeded on  
all mounted filesystems which are naturally owned root:root. And the  
latter is because 'vim-cmd' will need root to change the host environment  
be it mounts, devices, adn interfaces.

One problem. The changes don't survive a reboot you know... (esxi)

The right way to do this is to add 'oneadmin's public ssh key to root's  
and ssh in directly. Or cobble up a rc.local that re-applies 'chmod +s'  
every time the box boots. I vote for the former.

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