Advice on *Complicated* Server Setup

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So the thing is, i need to run a server called Adobe Version Cue on a new linux box i just built.
this is just one of the services that this box provides.

That server will only run on Windows. so i need to run windows in linux somehow.

i doubt it'll run on wine

i might have to run it on VMWare.

so here's what i'm thinking

i install Xorg (didn't want to do this on a headless server)
slim (for autologon)
fluxbox (or just xfce or whatever the default one is called)
that will launch vmware on login to boot up windows.
and i think i'll give the vmware image a real ntfs drive to use. (which is actually a raid5 disk)


my question is, how do i run X headless? i've only ever done it with gnome/gdm

or, if you have any other ideas on how i can accomplish this without X, that would be cool too.

thanks,
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[Ant P.]

VMWare doesn't need X (it has a Firefox plugin that works like VNC) and you can start it as a service using an initscript.

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awesome thank you for that!
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[Simba7]

I would suggest you firewall the VM so *only* that service is available to the rest of the network.

That way you lessen the risk of getting nailed by something.