Is it possible to install a Virtural Machine without root permission?

Osirix

It seems that the installation of VMware needs a root permission.

I am wondering:
Is it possible to install a virtual machine on x86_64 or i386 RHEL4/5 platforms?

I have penalized on this problem for several days.

neilengineer

Sure, you have to be root  to install VMware ,  cause VMware needs to compile some kernel-space modules.

Osirix

Are there any other virtual machines we can install on Linux without root permission?

Post by neilengineer
Sure, you have to be root  to install VMware ,  cause VMware needs to compile some kernel-space modules.

neilengineer

I have used VMware for Linux and Virtualbox.  But unfortunately, both of them need root permission to install.   

I guess all virtual machine softwares need to compile some modules which will use root permission.  What if you download a vmware image of that OS, and you will  just  need a vmware player to play the virtual machine.

P.S.: Are you trying to install something on a Linux box without the authorization of the administrator??   Just kidding.  ^_^

Osirix

It is just too inconvenient to ask root to do everything for us.

Post by neilengineer
I have used VMware for Linux and Virtualbox.  But unfortunately, both of them need root permission to install.   

I guess all virtual machine softwares need to compile some modules which will use root permission.  What if you download a vmware image of that OS, and you will  just  need a vmware player to play the virtual machine.

P.S.: Are you trying to install something on a Linux box without the authorization of the administrator??   Just kidding.  ^_^