Description of problem: The default open-vm-tools package from EPEL for RH 6 appears to have a packaging bug where the /var/run/vmware directory doesn't get created. As a result of this, the VGAuthService fails to start up during boot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): open-vm-tools-10.1.5-5.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable EPEL for Red Hat 6 2. "yum install open-vm-tools" 3. Boot up and observe "FAILED" startup of "VGAuthService" 4. Look in /var/log/vmware-vgauthsvc.log.0, startup error appears to be due to inability to write PID file in /var/run/vmware directory (which does not exist) Actual results: Failed VGAuthService startup Expected results: VGAuthService should start properly Additional info: Creating the /var/run/vmware and then running "service vgauth start" fixes the issue.
Can verify this is happening on my servers, too. Additionally that the manual fix works.
Is this going to be fixed?
Just to document it, the open-vm-tools.x86_64 10.1.5-6.el6 version of the package still has the issue and the manual fix still works. Also It apears the latest stable build for kernel 2.6.6+ of open-vm-tools on git is 10.1.15.
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This message is a reminder that EPEL 6 is nearing its end of life. Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for EPEL 6 on 2020-11-30. It is policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a 'version' of 'el6'. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later EPEL version. Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not able to fix it before EPEL 6 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version, you are encouraged to change the 'version' to a later version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.
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