Redhat5 installing vmware tools under virtual machine

It's said on the Internet , But write it down when you do it yourself .
I use it readhat5Linux, Graphical interface installed , Install again for convenience Vmware Tools！
VMware Tools yes VMware An enhancement tool that comes with the virtual machine , amount to VirtualBox Enhanced features in （Sun VirtualBox Guest Additions）, yes VMware Provides enhanced virtual graphics card and hard disk performance 、 And the driver to synchronize the virtual machine and host clock . 　　

Only in VMware The virtual machine is installed VMware Tools, In order to realize the file sharing between the host and the virtual machine , At the same time, it can support the function of free dragging , The mouse can also move freely in front of the virtual machine and the host （ Don't press again ctrl+alt）, And the virtual machine screen can also achieve full screen .
The above is an introduction from the network , Here are the installation steps ：

Right click VMware Virtual system in the left side of the interface , choice “Install VMware Tools”. At this time, you can see the files in the CD-ROM drive on the desktop . Check under the virtual CD-ROM drive , You can see VMwareTools-8.8.2-590212.tar.gz This file .

stay linux In order to use the files in the CD-ROM drive, you must copy the files to the local hard disk , Copy VMwareTools-8.8.2-590212.tar.gz Go to the root temp Next , You can right-click copy and paste or use the command .

cp /media/VMware tools/VMwareTools-8.8.2-590212.tar.gz /temp

If used linux The paths of different possible files are different , However, you can change the path after finding it , After all, it is necessary to copy the file locally .

Unzip this file

tar zxf VMwareTools-8.8.2-590212.tar.gz

Enter the extracted directory for installation

cd /temp/vmware-tools-distrib./vmware-install.pl

During installation , Will encounter such as “In which directory do you want to install your binary files” Class , It's time to enter enter , Others are the same Yes that will do .
After successful installation, you will be prompted to set the screen resolution , You can set it yourself according to the actual situation . I found that if you don't touch it , You will set the resolution of the virtual machine according to the resolution of the actual machine outside . Restart after installation to see the effect .
Next, the mouse can switch freely between the local machine and the virtual machine , If you want to get a file to the virtual machine, just drag it ！

By modifying the /etc/inittab file , change runlevel , You can modify Linux Whether the startup is in desktop mode

runlevel by 3 Indicates command mode
runlevel by 5 Express GUI Pattern
Looking at this file, you can see

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: #   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) #   1 - Single user mode #   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) #   3 - Full multiuser mode #   4 - unused #   5 - X11 #   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:5:initdefault:

Note the default is desktop mode

Redhat5 Under the virtual machine Vmware Tools Installation illustration