vmware-tools on Slackware 12.1

Okay, here is a list of steps that install vmware-tools on Slackware 12.1
You need to install PAM before proceding the instruction, get PAM from LinuxPackages.net & install it
(http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name=pam&ver=12.1)

 After that, do:

  1. cd /etc/rc.d  
  2. for V in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}; do ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc${V}.d; done  
  3. mkdir /etc/pam.d  
  4. cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/network  
  5. cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/networking
  6. In VMWARE, select Settings => Install Vmware Tools
  7. $mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
  8. cp /mnt/cdrom/vmware*.tar.gz /tmp
  9. cd /tmp
  10. tar zxf vmware*.tar.gz
  11. goto the extracted folder and $./vmware-install.pl  

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