Hi Bernd,
vgauth is a service that allows authentication in the guest using SAML tokens. It's actually more useful in guests running under vSphere than in guests running under Workstation/Fusion, and can be used for guest operations initiated from the datacenter. It has nothing to do with having a desktop or not. Oliver ________________________________ From: Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bzed.de> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 2:07:31 AM To: Oliver Kurth; 855...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#855337: please add vgauth service to open-vm-tools 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=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__github.com_vmware_open-2Dvm-2Dtools&d=DwICJg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=Hxt7uHiOJgW0Q5cEfi-Mc7VYoTG3CtEVq62h2y86bLk&s=Uqb5kaRdZs_hThVXZlQxryHbsTgSF8OYHf4A5DcWiNc&e= > 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: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__github.com_vmware_open-2Dvm-2Dtools&d=DwICJg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=Hxt7uHiOJgW0Q5cEfi-Mc7VYoTG3CtEVq62h2y86bLk&s=Uqb5kaRdZs_hThVXZlQxryHbsTgSF8OYHf4A5DcWiNc&e= > 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 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bzed.de&d=DwICJg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=Hxt7uHiOJgW0Q5cEfi-Mc7VYoTG3CtEVq62h2y86bLk&s=mE4KA0PFOv4UVWZxujKhRo9sj0D1zTirs-e-KpKRq_4&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.debian.org&d=DwICJg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=oHeYwLSPkRE9YQPISb_awkWjWigW3oPkIDc-ePsrBjY&m=Hxt7uHiOJgW0Q5cEfi-Mc7VYoTG3CtEVq62h2y86bLk&s=tlaz6I2HFDE08xZtoHKT4vLF8Kj7Nt-1PcKNu4nx_h4&e= GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F
