After a serious dedup/crossreading session (so confusing :-/) I realized this needs to be reported to Debian, I did so and will link up the bug here ...
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #905170 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905170 ** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905170 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758428 Title: Subprocesses of StartProgramInGuest fail when creating temporary files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1758428/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs