Re: Install VMware Server

Kristian Rink wrote:

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["Eric Dunbar" <eric.dunbar@xxxxxxxxx> @ Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:37:36 -0500]
i. build-essential for the compilers;
ii. the latest kernel headers; and,
iii. xinetd (why, I don't know but it's a dependency)

Because vmware-authd is invoked using inetd. That's the component
utilized for user authentication given you run VMWare Server in a real
"server" environment, possibly providing (private as well as public)
virtual machines for a bunch of different users. You surely want to
have authentication here. ;)

Yes, but Eric's been reading the same How-Tos as me, which specifically
say "xinetd", not "inetd". It seems to me that it doesn't need xinetd, but
while I have VMServer running, I haven't actually created a VM yet.
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derek


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