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 ====== Open VM Tools Background and Assumptions ======  ====== Open VM Tools Background and Assumptions ====== 
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-This page is under construction. Proceed at your own peril. May be ready on 2013-06-19. 
  
 The procedure for making the proprietary VMWare Tools and Open VM Tools are very similar. As it turns out, the Open VM Tools package is incomplete, and so we must fill in the gaps based on what we know from VMWare Tools. In particular, two files in the ''/etc'' directory which are critical for the Open VM Tools to work are provided here because they do not get built during the make process. The procedure for making the proprietary VMWare Tools and Open VM Tools are very similar. As it turns out, the Open VM Tools package is incomplete, and so we must fill in the gaps based on what we know from VMWare Tools. In particular, two files in the ''/etc'' directory which are critical for the Open VM Tools to work are provided here because they do not get built during the make process.
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   - Compile Open VM Tools   - Compile Open VM Tools
   - Create Open VM Tools setuid links   - Create Open VM Tools setuid links
-  - Create Configuration Files and Scripts+  - Create Initialization Scripts
   - Create TCZ extension   - Create TCZ extension
 +  - Install TCZ extension
  
 ===== Compile Open VM Tools =====  ===== Compile Open VM Tools ===== 
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 ===== Create Open VM Tools setuid Links =====  ===== Create Open VM Tools setuid Links ===== 
  
-It's a feature of the setuid wrapper that the executables must be in specific place defined in the ''locations'' file in  +It's a feature of the setuid wrapper that the executables must be in specific place defined in a ''locations'' file in  
-the ''/etc/vmware-tools'' directory, and that they be referenced through one and only one link. The extension process+the ''/etc/vmware-tools'' directory, and that they be referenced through one and only one link (see the source). The extension process
 will make everything links, but this isn't a problem because we know the links will be in the ''/tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local'' subdirectories. will make everything links, but this isn't a problem because we know the links will be in the ''/tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local'' subdirectories.
 +''vmware-user-setuid-wrapper'' works by checking that the link in BINDIR or SBINDIR has LIBDIR in it's path. 
 +Make the TinyCore extension specific vmware paths locations file in the ''TCZ/etc/vmware-tools'' directory:
 +<code>
 +answer BINDIR /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/bin
 +answer INITDIR /etc/init.d
 +answer INITSCRIPTSDIR /etc/init.d
 +answer SBINDIR /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/sbin
 +answer LIBDIR /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools
 +</code>
 +Create a link to the plugins directory in TCZ/etc/vmware-tools
 +<code>
 +ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins plugins
 +</code>
 +The Open VM Tools also wants to know what distribution and release it's running on:
 +<code>
 +sed -e 's/^/TinyCore /' /usr/share/doc/tc/release.txt > $TCZROOT/etc/release
 +</code>
 +Move the files to LIBDIR subdirectories and create links in the BINDIR and SBINDIR directories:
 <code> <code>
 cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools
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 cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib
 mv $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/lib* . mv $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/lib* .
-# we don't need links for the libraries +cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib 
-</code> +for a in ../lib/open-vm-tools/lib/lib*; do ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib/$(basename $a); done
-Clean up files we don't need: +
-<code> +
-rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/etc +
-rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/share +
-rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/include +
-rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig +
-rm -rf $TCZROOT/sbin+
 </code> </code>
  
-===== Create Configuration Files and Scripts ===== +===== Create Initialization Scripts ===== 
  
-Make the TinyCore extension specific vmware paths locations file:+Make the Tinycore extension initialization script in the ''TCZ/usr/local/tce.installed'' directory:
 <code> <code>
-cd $TCZROOT/etc/vmware-tools +mkdir -p $TCZROOT/usr/local/tce.installed
-cat > locations <<EOF +
-answer BINDIR /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/bin +
-answer INITDIR /etc/init.d +
-answer INITSCRIPTSDIR /etc/init.d +
-answer SBINDIR /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/sbin +
-answer LIBDIR /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools +
-EOF +
-ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib/plugins plugins+
 </code> </code>
-Make the Tinycore extension initialization script+Make sure that the script name matches the extension name if not using ''open-vm-tools'':
 <code> <code>
-mkdir -p $TCZROOT/usr/local/tce.installed 
-cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/tce.installed 
-cat > open-vm-tools <<EOF 
 #!/bin/sh #!/bin/sh
 # #
 /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools start /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools start
-EOF+</code> 
 +Make the script executable: 
 +<code>
 chmod a+x open-vm-tools chmod a+x open-vm-tools
 </code> </code>
-Make the open-vm-tools startup script+Make the TCZ/etc/init.d directory:
 <code> <code>
 mkdir -p $TCZROOT/etc/init.d mkdir -p $TCZROOT/etc/init.d
-cd $TCZROOT/etc/init.d +</code> 
-cat > open-vm-tools <<EOF+Make the open-vm-tools startup script in the TCZ/etc/init.d directory: 
 +<code>
 #!/bin/sh #!/bin/sh
 # Start, stop, and restart vmtoolsd # Start, stop, and restart vmtoolsd
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 /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd --background=/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd --background=/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid
 fi fi
 +# Start vmware-user in user's .xsession
  
 # Use ethtool to optimize vmxnet # Use ethtool to optimize vmxnet
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 ;; ;;
 esac esac
-EOF+</code> 
 +Make the script executable: 
 +<code>
 chmod a+x open-vm-tools chmod a+x open-vm-tools
 +</code>
 +
 +Clean up files we don't need:
 +<code>
 +rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/etc
 +rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/share
 +rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/include
 +rm -rf $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
 +rm -rf $TCZROOT/sbin
 </code> </code>
  
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 procps.tcz procps.tcz
 gtkmm.tcz gtkmm.tcz
 +libdnet.tcz
 EOF EOF
 </code> </code>
 +
 +===== Install TCZ Extension ===== 
 +
 These extensions and their dependencies should be copied to the system that will be using the open-vm-tools extension before it's loaded. These extensions and their dependencies should be copied to the system that will be using the open-vm-tools extension before it's loaded.
 Then add ''blacklist=pcnet32'' to the APPEND line of the boot configuration file. Then add ''blacklist=pcnet32'' to the APPEND line of the boot configuration file.
 There is a conflict between the vmxnet and pcnet32 modules, so networking will not work unless the extension is loaded. There is a conflict between the vmxnet and pcnet32 modules, so networking will not work unless the extension is loaded.
 Copy the open-vm-tools.tcz and open-vm-tools.tcz.dep files to the tce/optional directory of the virtual machine, and update onboot.lst by adding open-vm-tools.tcz. Copy the open-vm-tools.tcz and open-vm-tools.tcz.dep files to the tce/optional directory of the virtual machine, and update onboot.lst by adding open-vm-tools.tcz.
- +Add the following line to your .xsession file after mouse initialization: 
-not done: programs to add to .profile / .xsession+<code> 
 +[ $(which vmware-checkvm) ] && [ vmware-checkvm ] && vmware-user & 
 +</code> 
 +Reboot and enjoy.
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