Hi Wilbur, I am no linux expert, I am just the person who originally tried to file the bug but if you follow my instructions in the first post with the modification describe below, I think you may have success. I have only tried it on 32 bit installs but it has worked on all of those and I cannot see why it would not work on a 64 bit install either
edit /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd 1. sudo cp /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd.orig this means you have a copy of the original file if you make a mistake. 2. change the file from #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so shadow nullok auth required /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_auth.so shadow nullok account sufficient /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so account required /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_acct.so To #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient %pamdir%/pam_unix2.so shadow nullok auth required %pamdir%/pam_unix_auth.so shadow nullok account sufficient %pamdir%/pam_unix2.so account required %pamdir%/pam_unix_acct.so 3. You must do this on the server you want to connect to, not the machine you are connecting from 4.You probably need to do this everytime apt installs a newer version of vmware until it gets fixed because on all the updates I have instaled so far the file gets overwritten. Hope this helps. -- vmware server will not connect remotely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
