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On 25/04/16 21:29, mr meowski wrote: > Ok, just to be sure I'm following: > > What's the host platform, and do the users have admin access on it? > Can the users access the VBox GUI with admin rights? If so, all bets may > be off... > > Sounds like you just want to do the standard > snapshot-at-known-good-config stage so you can always roll back if they > trash something irrecoverably. This is something that's super easy on > ESXI/Xen for example, where the users of VMs are easily kept away from > the hypervisor itself with permissions. Might be tricker if the users > are running VMs locally with access to the VBox GUI, and not technically > possible if they have admin on said box. > > Cheers The desktop is completely reduced with no menus, etc .. so they have a few key shortcuts which launches the specific applications they need, including the correct VM by ID. The GUI is present, but not accessible by normal users. Host system is a Gentoo linux install running an XFCE desktop, only root access via specific users in the wheel group via sudo. What you're describing (and is currently implemented) is a snapshot at the "working" state, but the desire was to force a reset back to this "known good" state, rather than wait for a failure and have to submit a support request, and synchronise timezones for a customer who could be at any point in the globe at any given moment! MJE
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