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I am trying to update the vmware tools. When I do it from my account it runs perfectly but when i restart the system i get the same message to update my vmware tools. The message states that i should login in the guest account and do the update. However, in order to get it done i need to become root? Any ideas?

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  • What does the message say, exactly?
    – Olorin
    Nov 20, 2017 at 4:24
  • Do you get this message on the host PC or the client within the VM?
    – derHugo
    Nov 20, 2017 at 6:09
  • Thank you all for your responses. When I power on my system i get the following message: "Mount the virtual CD drive in the guest, launch a Terminal, and use tar to uncompress the installer. Then, execute vmware-install.pl to install VMware Tools." Nov 20, 2017 at 18:04
  • When I execute the vmware-install.pl i get the following message (i am logged in the guest session) "guest-p7zum3@ubuntu:~/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib$ ./vmware-install.pl Please re-run this program as the super user. Execution aborted. Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at /media/guest-p7zum3/VMware Tools. Ejecting device /dev/sr0 ... guest-p7zum3@ubuntu:~/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib$ " Nov 20, 2017 at 18:08

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You cannot. Using sudo was one of the things that Guest sessions cannot do, by design.

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  • But it states that the procedure has to be done in the guest session. Nov 20, 2017 at 18:09
  • When I do it from my account, the next time i power my system there is a notification that VMware Tools should be updated. Nov 20, 2017 at 18:10

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