print >>sys.stderr, "VM is not running in snapshot mode"
            sys.exit(1)

def cmd_autostart(options):
    """
    Starts all VMs which are in the autostart directory
    """
    import pwd
    dirname =  config.get("directories", "AutostartVMs")
    os.seteuid(pwd.getpwnam(
                            config.get("permissions","autostart_user")
                            ).pw_uid)
    if not os.access(dirname,os.R_OK):
        return 
    for name in os.listdir(dirname):
        if not os.access(os.path.join(dirname,name,"start"), os.X_OK):
            continue
        machine_dir = os.path.join(dirname,name)
        sock = connect_vm(machine_dir)