Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Oct 16, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Harald Schilly wrote: > >> On Oct 16, 1:55 am, Dan Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> runs `kill -9' on the guest -- which >>> is about the same as pulling the plug -- ... >> Uhm, since virtual box has a python scripting interface, a more humane >> reset to snapshot functionality could be possible :) > > With a fallback to kill -9 just in case... >
Or you can use (with virtualbox): VBoxManage snapshot discardcurrent -state from the commandline (I think I have the parameters right). And then fall back to kill -9 and running the command again, of course. >> But how are the >> accounts managed? If they are just deleted everytime and there is no >> datastore across all virtual box instances, there isn't much fun. Is >> it possible to mount a shared homedirectory with multiple virtual box >> instances? At least, mounting one external share r/w works ... > > Yes, but of course this opens up vulnerabilities. Actually, if it's > being reset, is there a need to even create an account? > Creating accounts makes a barrier to entry, but it also makes it so that people don't mess with other people's worksheets (i.e., if I'm playing with Sage, someone else won't come in and start changing my worksheet around under me). So I vote for accounts. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
