VMware Server Console 1.0.x cannot connect to VMware Server on openSuSE 11.1 64 bit

VMware Server Console shows:

There was a problem connecting:

Cannot connect to host www.xxx.yyy.zzz: Kan geen verbinding maken omdat de doelcomputer de verbinding actief heeft geweigerd

VMware Server Connection Refused


Check if xinetd is installed:
myserver # rpm -q xinetd
xinetd-2.3.14-129.35

Check current runlevel and check if xinetd is on in chkconfig runlevels
myserver # runlevel; chkconfig --list xinetd
N 5
xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

myserver # rcxinetd start
Starting INET services. (xinetd) done
myserver # chkconfig xinetd on

myserver # chkconfig --list xinetd
xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

From Windows:
telnet www.xxx.yyy.zzz 904

Got response:
220 VMware Authentication Daemon Version 1.10: SSL Required, MKSDisplayProtocol:VNC

So there is a port listening


No Connection Refused anymore!

tnx web: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/115879


VMware Server Console shows a new dialog:

Login (username/password) incorrect

/var/log/messages on my VMware Server host:
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM unable to dlopen(/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so)
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM [error: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM adding faulty module: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_warn.so)
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_warn.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_warn.so
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_deny.so)
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_deny.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_deny.so
Feb 5 13:20:09 pc2019 vmware-authd[4736]: pam_unix_auth(vmware-authd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= user=root
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Install pam-32bit package with yast
myserver # yast -i pam-32bit

Modify /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd
vi /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd
#%PAM-1.0
#auth sufficient /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so shadow nullok
#auth required /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_auth.so shadow nullok
#account sufficient /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix2.so
#account required /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix_acct.so
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so shadow nullok
auth required /lib/security/pam_unix_auth.so shadow nullok
account sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so
account required /lib/security/pam_unix_acct.so

Make softlink for ease-of-use:
ln -s /etc/init.d/vmware /usr/sbin/rcvmware

Restart VMware
myserveretc/pam.d # rcvmware restart
Stopping VMware virtual machines...
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Virtual ethernet done
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Starting VMware virtual machines... done

This worked for me: no problems anymore

My var/log/messages now shows:

Feb 5 14:41:21 pc2019 vmware-authd[6601]: login from 172.16.16.252 as root
Feb 5 14:41:22 pc2019 vmware-authd[6602]: login from 172.16.16.252 as root


tnx web: http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/10/vmware-server-install-vmware-server-10-on-suse-102-x64/