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I want to build a CENTOS box install with everything setup . including mysql. . .basically: A production box without the ability to make any "script" changes. However I do want to be add records to the mysql database .. run operations, etc.

Can I setup the box in vmware and use vmplayer a solution?
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My object is to ahcieve that the user "cannot" change or update the box..  .he cannot even use the full vmware package to make updates. . . it's like sending him an app in a vmware environment. No changes ... unless he has the "orginal" box from the full vmware pacakge.
He can make changes using VMware Player, if you give him the VM!

VMware Player and VMware Workstation are similar.

VMware ACE could do this, but it's since been discontinued.
So that's what I am looking for: ACE. . what is the replacement?
Nothing replaced ACE, other than the Cloud based hosted VMs.
What functionality do you want to offer to the user?
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Suffice to say you cannot do that. EVER.

e.g you can break into boot chain of vcenter server appliance and install SLES11 torrent seeder rpm
or edit it with vmware studio to your liking e.g. adding disk that is formated on every boot...

Why dont you make a LiveCD?
How do you make a LiveCD?

What do you mean by that?
To make readonly distribution...
Readonly would imply that you cannot run mysql, where would it store its information?
live USB sticks have a way around it....
What way? How can you store in read  only distrubtiion?
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Isn't a live distribution on a thumb drive the same as running CentOS in VMware player?

If you just want to setup a machine that runs mysql, why not just setup a turnkey mysql Linux machine? Change the admin passwords, setup some mysql users etc. http://www.turnkeylinux.org/mysql
All excellent directions. Good discussions.