Public bug reported:
The VGAuth service name is different on Ubuntu-16.04 (or older) Vs
Ubuntu-17.10.
open-vm-tools version : 10.1.15
when I run the systemctl command on Ubuntu-16.04 it prints the following
output
Ubuntu-16.04 :
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systemctl status vgauthd
● vgauthd.service - VGAuth Service for open-vm-tools
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vgauthd.service; enabled; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-08-29 00:23:57 UTC; 43s ago
Docs: http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Main PID: 720 (VGAuthService)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 512)
Memory: 3.1M
CPU: 31ms
CGroup: /system.slice/vgauthd.service
└─720 /usr/bin/VGAuthService -s
Aug 29 00:23:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started VGAuth Service for open-vm-tools.
Aug 29 00:23:58 localhost VGAuthService[720]: ** Message: Pref_Init: Using
'/etc/vmware-tools/vgauth.conf' as preferences filepath
Aug 29 00:23:58 localhost VGAuthService[720]: ** Message: Core dump limit set
to -1
Ubuntu-17.10 :
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systemctl status vgauth
● vgauth.service - Authentication service for virtual machines hosted on VMware
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vgauth.service; enabled; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2017-08-28 22:37:17 UTC; 1h 48min ago
Docs: http://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Main PID: 32078 (VGAuthService)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 1.6M
CPU: 40ms
CGroup: /system.slice/vgauth.service
└─32078 /usr/bin/VGAuthService
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: requestType:
1(SESSION REQ)
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: userName: 'testuser'
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]:
ServiceProtoDispatchRequest: processed reqType 1(SESSION REQ), returning 0 on
connection 17
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: requestType:
2(CONNECT REQ)
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]:
ServiceProtoDispatchRequest: processed reqType 2(CONNECT REQ), returning 0 on
connection 18
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: requestType:
4(REMOVEALIAS REQ)
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: Alias removed from
Alias store owned by 'testuser' by user 'testuser'.
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: userName: testuser
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]: No Subject type
specified (assuming removeAll case)
Aug 28 22:38:58 pek2-gosv-16-dhcp188 VGAuthService[32078]:
ServiceProtoDispatchRequest: processed reqType 4(REMOVEALIAS REQ), returning 0
on connection 18
** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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The VGAuth service name is different on Ubuntu-16.04 (or older) Vs
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