VMware Server Problem

[Stephan Schöffel]

David Vincent schrieb:
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> Stephan Schöffel wrote:
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>>>>> i installed vmware-server 1.0.3 on ubuntu 7.10 server. the vm-server is 
>>>>> up and running but i am unable to connect to it via vm server console, 
>>>>> using root user.
>>>>>
>>>>> any ideas where to start?
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>> root user is disabled in ubuntu.  whom did you install vmware as?  did
>> you use sudo?  or did you create a password for root and install it as
>> root?  (bad idea)
>>
>> when you installed ubuntu you created a user.  try that username and
>> password.
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> please stop top posting.
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>>> i did install it using sudo with apt-get. i tried to connect with the 
>>> user account as well, without luck.
>>>       
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/112937 maybe?
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> Btw I googled "vmware server ubuntu login bug" and that was the first hit.
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problem solved. folowing the link i made the following the changes to  
/etc/pam.d/vmware-authd:

#%PAM-1.0
auth sufficient 
/usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so shadow nullok
auth required 
/usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_auth.so shadow 
nullok
account sufficient 
/usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so
account required 
/usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_acct.so


thanks for the hint
stephan