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1.Get system patched up to current
yum update

2.Install gcc and kernel-devel
yum install gcc kernel-devel

3.Make sure the running kernel and the kernel headers match
uname -r # displays the running kernel number
rpm -q kernel-devel # installed kernel headers version

4.If they don't match then upgrade both
yum upgrade kernel kernel-devel

5.Choose Install VMWare Tools from the VMWare Workstation “VM” Menu

6.Extract VMWare Tools from the virtual CD to the /tmp folder
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /media/VMWare Tools/VMwareTools-7.8.4-126130.tar.gz

7.Run the installer script, take all the defaults
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl

8.Once installation is finished start the vmware-user daemon, log off and back on
vmware-user
logout

9.In VMWare Workstation go to “View” and choose “Fit Guest Now”

Found this on the VMWare Forums and thought I'd put it here for safekeeping (HT oharaldsen)

yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel xinetd
yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Legacy Software Development"
reboot
Install VMWare Tools 'From Client'
mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
tar -xvf VMwareTools-3.5.0-64607.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl 'Just press enter on all selections'
reboot

If you run the rpm install of using the tarball change the install script to /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl

Thanks to my friend Matt for sending me this video. Thoughts of a belt driven nerf gun are dancing in my head now.

I recently (ok, today) had to setup FTP access for some of our vendors here at the ol' Stamping Plant and decided this was a good time to try it out on my Server 2008 box (which is sweet as all get out IMHO). First off while it is not advertised at all there are two versions of FTP for Server 2008/IIS 7. Basically the development team was running a little behind on the FTP component when they released the gold edition of Server 2008 so they bundled in what for all intensive purposes is the IIS 6 version of the FTP Server component. A few months ago they very quietly made the true IIS 7 version of FTP server available for download (x86 and x64 editions both available.)

* A tip here; if you are wanting to use the new and improved version of IIS FTP Server, don't bother installing the FTP Publishing Service when you assign the server the IIS server role, you are just going to have to remove the service before you can complete the FTP 7.0 installation.

Well by all means make your own comparisons but it seems to me that the wait was well worth it as this seems to be well thought out, secure FTP server application. I've found IIS.net is a great site for keeping up with the changes regarding the various version of IIS and their components and they have a good description of what's new in IIS FTP 7 up on their site. While it seems at first glance to be much more complex than the last version on retrospect I think they've just made more of already there features more visible. The biggest changes I have seen are the capabilities created for doing what most of us were already doing, using Virtual Directories to allow secured multi-user access to a single FTP site. This has been actually given a name now; User Isolation.

There are many options under the User Isolation menu but two main versions for those of you actually planning on using it: User Name Physical Directory (similar to how those of you doing this under IIS 6 performs) and User Name directory, which to me is the new and improved version. Again I leaned on IIS.net and their excellent description on how to get this done, it ended up taking me about 30 minutes with their directions to get this setup for 3 virtual directories/users.

Have fun everybody!