I've set up VMWare Player for my wife. Every once in a while (notably after a kernel update), the VMWare Player needs to be compiled into the kernel.

My spouse does not have su- activated (if anybody screws up the OS, it's going to be me). I'd like to give her permission to do this, but only for that program.

Is this possible? Can it be done safely (for the OS)? How can it be done?

Edit: I tried to add the following to visudo

guijunkette ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vmware-modconfig

When running with her user, after typing her password, the following error occurred:

So, in the end, no cigar.

Edit: I've given up on VMWare Player and moved to VirtualBox. Made a clean install.