Bug 271172

Summary:	app-emulation/vmware-server-2.0.1.156745 does not set the PAX flags for the bundled JVM
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Johan Hedin <johan.hedin>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled] <vmware+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Johan Hedin 2009-05-25 07:53:29 UTC

The PAX flags needed in order to run the bundled JVM on hardened are not set by the ebuilds. 

After setting them manually, the web ui starts.

paxctl -v /opt/vmware/server/lib/webAccess/java/jre1.5.0_15/bin/java
PaX control v0.5
Copyright 2004,2005,2006,2007 PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu>

- PaX flags: -----m-x-e-- [/opt/vmware/server/lib/webAccess/java/jre1.5.0_15/bin/java]
	MPROTECT is disabled
	RANDEXEC is disabled
	EMUTRAMP is disabled




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install vmware-server
2.Try to access http://server.ip/ui
3.

Actual Results:  
503 Service unaviable

Expected Results:  
The web GUI

This is beacuse PAX kills the JVM

Comment 1 Vadim Kuznetsov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-12-17 13:58:09 UTC

vmware server was removed from the tree. Bug 374599.