On 11/26/07, Henry Sieff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 25, 2007 10:56 PM, Xavier Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi *, > > > > I'm running a 4.1-GENERIC on a VMware server (the VMare host runs a > > Microsoft Windows OS). > > I've no access to the VMware server. > > > > At random time, the server is just "powered off" (that's the feedback I > > always received from > > the VMware server administrator). There is nothing in logs and as the > > server > > is off, the > > console is not available anymore. :( > > > > Does somebody already experienced such issue? Any tips to run OBSD as > > VMware > > guest? > > If the guest computer (your OpenBSD machine) is running in the context of > the user who starts it on the host, then when that user logs off the vmware > host the guest computer will shutoff. > > In order for it to be available at all times, it should be running in the > local system context OR a specially created user. Then it runs regardless of > the login status of the person who clicks the start button on the vmware > console.
And if the admin is being uncooperative, take your business elsewhere. -Nick
