Install VMware Server

[Eric Dunbar]

On 08/02/07, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Kristian Rink wrote:
>
> > ["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)
> >
> > 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.

I just installed xinetd because that's all that was available in the
repository and, I wanted to keep everything as close to a pure 6.06
LTS install as possible.

Also, supposedly from xinetd's website (it's down at the moment):
"xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd"

Eric.