jonathanvmw

@billchenchina - Thank you for submitting this pull request. It is a subset of an earlier pull request, [668](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/668), which is in progress. Closing.

@m4ih3i Thank you for reporting the issue. What Linux distro and version is this? What versions of VMTools, ESXi, and vCenter? Regarding the repro steps: "Hit the button to poweroff...

@vitality411 Thank you for reporting this issue. An internal bug has been filed.

@tbswork1 Thanks for reporting this issue. Re: "Ubuntu 20.04 guest with official vmware-tools" - What is the tools version number? Was this vmware-tools supplied by Ubuntu or was it obtained...

@tbswork1 Thanks for the update. An internal bug has been filed for this issue. It would be useful if you could provide the following information: - What version of Windows...

@polarathene Thanks for your contribution. Your contribution will go through a review process at VMware. An update will be provided once the review is completed.

@polarathene Thanks for the ping. I'm following up internally to try to get you an update. I'll also follow up on the two other issues you highlighted (#670 and #668)...

@polarathene - Thanks for the ping. Will try to get some attention on this.

@thunter913 Thanks for trying out open-vm-tools, and thanks for your questions. Starting with your first few questions for now. > The first question I have is regarding vmtoolsd. Currently I...

@thunter913 A quick follow-up to my previous post - A colleague pointed out that if you're building without pam, then configure will disable vgauth (see https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/configure.ac#L636), so it doesn't seem...