Install VMware Server

[Derek Broughton]

Kristian Rink wrote:

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> ["Eric Dunbar" <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> @ 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)
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> 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. ;)
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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