Specifications

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To change the port number for a specific user who is using the console installed on a
Windows host, you need to set the new port number to the authd.client.port
variable in the preferences.ini file located in C:\Documents and
Settings\<user>\Application Data\VMware. This port number is used
only when this user is logged in and using a console to connect to a virtual machine
on the GSX Server host. The GSX Server host must have this port number set to the
authd.port variable in its config.ini file (Windows host) or vmware-authd
file (Linux host).
Changing the Port Number on a Linux Host
To change the port number on the GSX Server for Linux host, you first need to
determine whether your host is configured to use xinetd or inetd. If your host is
configured to use xinetd, change the port number in the port = 902 line in the
/etc/xinetd/vmware-authd file. If your host is configured to use inetd,
change the port number in the 902 ... vmware-authd line in
/etc/inetd.conf. All consoles connecting to virtual machines on this host must
use this port number.
To change the port number that is used by the console installed on a Linux host, you
must set the new port number to the authd.client.port variable in either
/etc/vmware-console/config or
/usr/lib/vmware-console/config.
All consoles on this machine connecting to virtual machines on the GSX Server host
use this port number. The GSX Server host must have this port number set to the
authd.port variable in its config.ini file (Windows host) or vmware-authd
file (Linux host).
Note: If the port numbers specified in these files are different, the port number
specified in /etc/vmware-console/config takes precedence.
To change the port number for a specific user who is using the console installed on a
Linux host, you need to set the new port number to the authd.client.port
variable in ~/.vmware/preferences. This port number is used only when this
user is logged in and using a console to connect to a virtual machine on the GSX
Server host. The GSX Server host must have this port number set to the
authd.port variable in its config.ini file (Windows host) or vmware-authd
file (Linux host). When this user is logged in, the port number specified in
~/.vmware/preferences supersedes the port number specified in
/etc/vmware-console/config or
/usr/lib/vmware-console/config.