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The default security setting for ESX Server is that users must have read (r) and execute (x) access permissions to connect a remote console to a virtual machine. However, if you want to allow access to users with only read permissions, you can do so with the following global configuration setting:

authd.policy.allowRCForRead = "TRUE"

Add the preceding line to the /etc/vmware/config file. This setting allows users with only read permissions to connect to a virtual machine through the remote console.

Note: This configuration setting affects all virtual machines on an ESX Server machine. You cannot change this setting for individual virtual machines.