vmware guest machines for CentOS-4 and CentOS-5 i386/x86_64 root is the only user, password is "centos" without the quotes. remote ssh enabled. pre-built: 1) minimale configuration 2) LAMP configuration 3) desktop (gnome) configuration Minimal and LAMP version are text mode, gnome version is graphical by default. ref: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1722 http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2189