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[ChristianEhrhardt <1748122@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dariusz Gadomski (dgadomski)

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dariusz Gadomski (dgadomski)

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu Artful)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Dariusz Gadomski (dgadomski)

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
-  * The default tools.conf template shipped with the Ubuntu package is
+  * The default tools.conf template shipped with the Ubuntu package is
  useless - it gets cleared on the first run as it contains an
  unrecognized content.
  
  [Test Case]
  
-  * Install open-vm-tools.
-  * Check contents of /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf.
-  * Start vmtoolsd service e.g. by systemctl start open-vm-tools.
-  * Check tools.conf contents again.
+  * Install open-vm-tools.
+  * Check contents of /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf.
+  * Start vmtoolsd service e.g. by systemctl start open-vm-tools.
+  * Check tools.conf contents again.
  
  Expected result:
  Config is read an left untouched.
  
  Actual result:
  Config file is cleared.
  
  [Regression Potential]
  
-  * If any of the parameters in the template is set to a non-default value
+  * If any of the parameters in the template is set to a non-default value
  the behaviour of vmtoolsd may change slightly (e.g. different log verbosity, log target - file vs. syslog).
+    But people will get the usual conffile changed prompts, so those who modified it will have to consciously decide which makes it safe.
  
  [Other Info]
-  
-  * Original bug description:
+ 
+  * Original bug description:
  
  The tools.conf template shipped with Ubuntu (debian/local/tools.conf) is
  incorrect.
  
  It's current contents:
  bindir = "/usr/bin"
  do not mean anything to open-vm-tools - it's not interpreted in any way by vmtoolsd.
  
  Moreover, on the first launch this content is cleared by a piece of code
  doing a "config upgrade".
  
  I believe replacing it with a more meaningful content is necessary.

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Title:
  incorrect tools.conf template is shipped with Ubuntu

Status in VMWare tools:
  New
Status in open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in open-vm-tools source package in Trusty:
  In Progress
Status in open-vm-tools source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in open-vm-tools source package in Artful:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * The default tools.conf template shipped with the Ubuntu package is
  useless - it gets cleared on the first run as it contains an
  unrecognized content.

  [Test Case]

   * Install open-vm-tools.
   * Check contents of /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf.
   * Start vmtoolsd service e.g. by systemctl start open-vm-tools.
   * Check tools.conf contents again.

  Expected result:
  Config is read an left untouched.

  Actual result:
  Config file is cleared.

  [Regression Potential]

   * If any of the parameters in the template is set to a non-default value
  the behaviour of vmtoolsd may change slightly (e.g. different log verbosity, log target - file vs. syslog).
     But people will get the usual conffile changed prompts, so those who modified it will have to consciously decide which makes it safe.

  [Other Info]

   * Original bug description:

  The tools.conf template shipped with Ubuntu (debian/local/tools.conf)
  is incorrect.

  It's current contents:
  bindir = "/usr/bin"
  do not mean anything to open-vm-tools - it's not interpreted in any way by vmtoolsd.

  Moreover, on the first launch this content is cleared by a piece of
  code doing a "config upgrade".

  I believe replacing it with a more meaningful content is necessary.

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