[Bug 1748122] Re: incorrect tools.conf template is shipped with Ubuntu

[ChristianEhrhardt]

Thanks for he patch and it is indeed what you provided to Debian.
I'd prefer to stay synced if possible.

Could you watch if Debian reacts to your report (then it will auto sync and fix it here as well)?
If they do not respond in lets say two weeks, please reach out to me and we get it sponsored before the feature freeze.

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Title:
  incorrect tools.conf template is shipped with Ubuntu

Status in VMWare tools:
  New
Status in open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * The default tools.conf template shipped with the Ubuntu package is
  useless - it gets cleared on the first run as it contains an
  unrecognized content.

  [Test Case]

   * Install open-vm-tools.
   * Check contents of /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf.
   * Start vmtoolsd service e.g. by systemctl start open-vm-tools.
   * Check tools.conf contents again.

  Expected result:
  Config is read an left untouched.

  Actual result:
  Config file is cleared.

  [Regression Potential]

   * If any of the parameters in the template is set to a non-default value
  the behaviour of vmtoolsd may change slightly (e.g. different log verbosity, log target - file vs. syslog).

  [Other Info]
   
   * Original bug description:

  The tools.conf template shipped with Ubuntu (debian/local/tools.conf)
  is incorrect.

  It's current contents:
  bindir = "/usr/bin"
  do not mean anything to open-vm-tools - it's not interpreted in any way by vmtoolsd.

  Moreover, on the first launch this content is cleared by a piece of
  code doing a "config upgrade".

  I believe replacing it with a more meaningful content is necessary.

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