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

[Dariusz Gadomski]

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #889884
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889884

** Also affects: open-vm-tools via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889884
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  incorrect tools.conf template is shipped with Ubuntu

Status in VMWare tools:
  Unknown
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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