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#Install VMware
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        #**********************************************************
        # SETUP A vmware user to own the virtual machine files
        #**********************************************************
WE'RE NO STRANGERS TO LOVE
YOU KNOW THE RULES AND SO DO I
A FULL COMMITMENT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF
YOU WOULDN'T GET THIS FROM ANY OTHER GUY
 
I JUST WANNA TELL YOU HOW I'M FEELING
GOTTA MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU
 
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
FOR SO LONG
YOUR HEART'S BEEN ACHING BUT
YOU'RE TOO SHY TO SAY IT
INSIDE WE BOTH KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON
WE KNOW THE GAME AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT
AND IF YOU ASK ME HOW I'M FEELING
DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE TOO BLIND TO SEE
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU
 
NEVER GONNA GIVE NEVER GONNA GIVE
GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA GIVE NEVER GONNA GIVE
GIVE YOU UP
 
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
FOR SO LONG
YOUR HEART'S BEEN ACHING BUT
YOU'RE TOO SHY TO SAY IT
INSIDE WE BOTH KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON
WE KNOW THE GAME AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT
AND IF YOU ASK ME HOW I'M FEELING
DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE TOO BLIND TO SEE
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU
 
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU
NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY
NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE
NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU

        #create a compile user
        mkdir -p /home/vmware
        groupadd -g 255 vmware
        useradd -c 'vmwaree user' vmware -d /home/vmware -g vmware -s /bin/bash -u 255
        #assign some directory rights to user compile
        chown -R vmware.vmware /home/vmware
        chmod 770 /home/vmware

        su compile
        cd

        #Download the linux management console, linux client, the windows client
        # and the linux server
        wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-mui-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
        wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-linux-client-1.0.4-56529.zip
        wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-win32-client-1.0.4-56528.zip
        wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz

        #Visited http://slackworld.berlios.de/2007/vmware.html to learn about the patch
        # needed to install the current vmware version on a kernel greater than X.x.x.x
        # Also, found the howto is slackware specific! :)
        #downloaded the patch
        wget http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz


        #extract the VMware server files
        cd /usr/src/
        tar -zxvf ~/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
        cd vmware-server-distrib

        #save current path and return to root
        pwd > /tmp/savedpath
        exit

        #save current path and return to root
        pwd > /tmp/savedpath
        exit

        #change to the saved path
        cd $(cat /tmp/savedpath) ; rm /tmp/savedpath
        #Run the installation
        ./vmware-install.pl #accept the defaults but don't invoke vmware-config.pl
        #make a prerequisite directory
        mkdir /etc/pam.d


        #run the patched vmware-config.pl program
        cd /tmp
        tar -zxvf ~compile/vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz
        cd vmware-any-any-update115/
        ./runme.pl