Hi, > open-vm-tools now includes the vgauth service. This is installed by the > open-vm-tools package, however the service is not running.
what is this service needed for? Should it run on servers without desktop, too? thanks, bernd > > > I created this simple service file: > > > [Unit] > Description=Authentication service for virtual machines hosted on VMware > Documentation=http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools > ConditionVirtualization=vmware > PartOf=open-vm-tools.service > > [Service] > ExecStart=/usr/bin/VGAuthService > TimeoutStopSec=5 > > [Install] > RequiredBy=open-vm-tools.service > > I started the service, and checked that it is running: > > > vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl start open-vm-tools-vgauth.service > vmware@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status open-vm-tools-vgauth.service > ● open-vm-tools-vgauth.service - Authentication service for virtual > machines hosted on VMware > Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/open-vm-tools-vgauth.service; > disabled; vendor preset: enabled) > Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-02-16 13:52:08 PST; 5s ago > Docs: http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools > Main PID: 2112 (VGAuthService) > Tasks: 1 (limit: 19660) > CGroup: /system.slice/open-vm-tools-vgauth.service > └─2112 /usr/bin/VGAuthService > > Thanks, > > Oliver > > -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F
