I've fixed the issue and now have a (mostly) populated GuestNicInfo and
GuestStackInfo on vSphere 5.1. I'll get the paperwork done so I can submit
this patch along with some another I have to handle shadow passwords when
PAM is not being used.

Jesse

On 2013-08-26 10:19 AM, "Jesse Stockall" <jstock...@embotics.com> wrote:

>Thanks for the information. If this structure was correctly populated and
>transmitted over the channel, should I expect guest.net to be populated in
>vSphere's object model?
>
>It appears that the NicInfoV3 structure is not being correctly populated.
>The IP address's are not being correctly copied over to the TypedIpAddress
>struct in GuestInfoSockAddrToTypedIpAddress() (guestInfo.c).
>
>Jesse
>
>From:  Ravindra Kumar <ravindraku...@vmware.com>
>Reply-To:  open-vm-tools development
><open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
>Date:  Thursday, 22 August, 2013 8:07 PM
>To:  open-vm-tools development <open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
>Subject:  Re: GuestNicInfo and GuestStackInfo
>
>
>Hi Jesse,
>
>
>The real specification is NicInfoV3 struct which is defined in
>lib/guestRpc/nicinfo.x.
>
>You might want to look at following files to figure how is this structure
>populated:
>
>services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/guestInfo.c
>services/plugins/guestInfo/getlib/guestInfoPosix.c
>
>Please ensure to go through
>http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/contribute.php
><http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/contribute.php> if you are
>considering to contribute to the project.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ravindra
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: "Jesse Stockall" <jstock...@embotics.com>
>To: open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:37:37 PM
>Subject: GuestNicInfo and GuestStackInfo
>
>GuestNicInfo and GuestStackInfo are not populated with open-vm-tools as
>seen in the vSphere Managed Object Browser. Only the IP address of the
>first network adapter is displayed. I'm interested in adding support for
>these data structures so we can retrieve
> networking information for all network adapters. Where can I find the
>specification for the data VMware expects?
>
>I'm using open-vm-tools-9.2.3-1031360 and vSphere 5.1
>
>Thanks
>
>Jesse
>
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