Mark Knecht wrote:
I'm now officially into #6 above and I don't have a clue where to go. ;-) (Of course, anyone here who has good info I'm up for receiving it. Drop me a note privately or post back on this list as long as folks subscribed here have an interest in watching me struggle a bit!) ;-)
I was having issues with vmware a while ago (I forget the details), and I ended up switching to v2 of vmware-server, which is in the vmware overlay (available via layman). This version eliminates the need to have vmware-server-console as it has a web-based management system with a plugin for console access (works fine on firefox).
Vmware uses a kernel module, so you need to be root to get it started up (you can put it in your init.d). Once you set everything up you can log in as an ordinary user via the management console.
I agree with your points on antivirus/etc. I just run avast so licensing isn't an issue - just set it up on each VM. I don't think you'll find any virus solutions that will work through the virtualization layer, but you might find some whose license agreement permits installation on multiple VMs with a single license (probably on the honor system).
