I am running ubuntu 13.04 (which I know is not officially supported as of yet), however, when I navigate my browser to the virtual server (which I have configured using port 10250), I receive the following message:

Access to the webpage was denied

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Status of it running:

andrew@server:~$ vmware --version

VMware Workstation 9.0.2 build-1031769

andrew@server:~$ sudo service vmware-workstation-server start

   Starting Workstation Server:                                        done

andrew@server:~$ sudo netstat -apn | grep vmware

tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:10250           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      7878/vmware-hostd

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8307          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      7878/vmware-hostd

tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:902             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1703/vmware-authdla

tcp6       0      0 :::10250                :::*                    LISTEN      7878/vmware-hostd

unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     37086    6047/vmware-unity-h /tmp/vmware-root/unity-helper-ipc-:1

unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     11814    1991/vmware-usbarbi /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket

unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     42569    7878/vmware-hostd   /var/run/vmware/proxy-webserver

unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     42580    7878/vmware-hostd   /var/run/vmware/root_0/1371168951002706_7878/ha-nfc-fd

unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     42587    7878/vmware-hostd   /var/run/vmware/root_0/1371168951002706_7878/ha-nfcssl-fd

unix  2      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     37087    6047/vmware-unity-h /tmp/vmware-root/unity-helper-ipc-:1

unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     35127    5534/vmware-tray   

unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     35819    6047/vmware-unity-h

unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     43388    7878/vmware-hostd  

unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     42564    1991/vmware-usbarbi /var/run/vmware/usbarbitrator-socket

I get this message if I run it on the local host, or if I run it on another machine.

This is the only thing I see in syslog:

cat /var/log/syslog | grep vmware

Jun 13 17:04:04 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[8970]: Accepted password for user andrew from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 17:37:04 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[8970]: Accepted password for user andrew from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 17:54:56 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[8970]: Accepted password for user andrew from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 17:55:28 server vmauthd[4593]: vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.

Jun 13 17:55:28 server vmauthd[4593]: vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.

Jun 13 17:55:28 server vmauthd[4593]: vthread-3| I120: Acquired lock for /var/run/vmware/authd_14937f64dcf6846b509ee5705e0270eb

Jun 13 17:55:28 server vmauthd[4593]: vthread-3| I120: released lock for /var/run/vmware/authd_14937f64dcf6846b509ee5705e0270eb

Jun 13 20:13:42 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[2275]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:13:48 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[2275]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:13:55 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[2275]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:14:02 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[2275]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:14:06 server named[1418]: error (network unreachable) resolving 'my.vmware.com.edgekey.net/A/IN': 2600:1401:2::42#53

Jun 13 20:14:09 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[2275]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:14:29  /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[2275]: last message repeated 2 times

Jun 13 20:14:29 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[7008]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:15:02  /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[7008]: last message repeated 3 times

Jun 13 20:15:04 server kernel: [ 3056.496451] vmware-gksu[7037]: segfault at 7f353f7591aa ip 00007f3547c38156 sp 00007fff95cf93d8 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7f3547bb0000+1be000]

Jun 13 20:15:05 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[7008]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:15:07 server kernel: [ 3059.388927] vmware-gksu[7085]: segfault at 7fc4c9f331aa ip 00007fc4d253b156 sp 00007fff04d21118 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7fc4d24b3000+1be000]

Jun 13 20:15:09 server kernel: [ 3060.572580] vmware-gksu[7130]: segfault at 7f68319561aa ip 00007f6835e04156 sp 00007fff7ce94c98 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7f6835d7c000+1be000]

Jun 13 20:15:09 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[7008]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:15:14 server /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd[7008]: Accepted password for user root from 127.0.0.1

Jun 13 20:15:17 server kernel: [ 3069.298603] vmware-gksu[7548]: segfault at 7f4d5bdeb507 ip 00007f4d64350156 sp 00007fff78106918 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7f4d642c8000+1be000]

So, I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing similar problems, I thought maybe it was the port that it was running on, and chrome doesn't like it, unfortunately, I can't figure out a way to change the port (as running it with root, doesn't allow this either).