This is a known issue.
Currently, there is no resolution.
Workaround:
To workaround this issue:
Ubuntu18.10 Server Live CDSet
cloud-init or
perl scripts as the customization engine. For more information, see
Search Guest OS Customization will fail for Ubuntu 18.04 Server LiveCD (54986).
Ubuntu 18.10 Server CD
- Comment out or delete this line in the /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf file:
/tmp 1777 root root -
- If you have open-vm-tools installed, open the /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service file.
Add this line “After=dbus.service” under [Unit]
Ubuntu 18.10 Desktop
- Comment out or delete this line in the /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf file:
/tmp 1777 root root -
- If you have open-vm-tools installed, open the /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service file.
Add this line “After=dbus.service” under [Unit]