Install VMware Server

[Derek Broughton]

Eric Dunbar wrote:

> On 08/02/07, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> 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.

Well, inetd is netkit-inetd, and is what I have from the default install,
and sure enough VMware-server and guests run fine with it.
> 
> Also, supposedly from xinetd's website (it's down at the moment):
> "xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd"

???  Right.  I suppose, as opposed to an insecure replacement for inetd.
-- 
derek