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VMWare Player in Linux

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Installation

  • chomd +x VWWare...bundle

  • sudo ./VMWare...bundle

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Uninstall VMWare Player in Linux

  • vmware-installer --list-products or -l

  • sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player

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Virtual Network Editor

  • /usr/bin/vmware-netcfg

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Allow Promiscuous mode

tuan@nuc:~$ sudo groupadd promiscuous
[sudo] password for tuan:            
tuan@nuc:~$ sudo usermod -a -G promiscuous tuan
tuan@nuc:~$ ls -al /dev/vmnet
vmnet0  vmnet1  vmnet8  
tuan@nuc:~$ ls -al /dev/vmnet*
crw------- 1 root root 119, 0 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet0
crw------- 1 root root 119, 1 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet1
crw------- 1 root root 119, 8 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet8
tuan@nuc:~$ sudo chgrp promiscuous /dev/vmnet*
tuan@nuc:~$ ls -al /dev/vmnet*
crw------- 1 root promiscuous 119, 0 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet0
crw------- 1 root promiscuous 119, 1 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet1
crw------- 1 root promiscuous 119, 8 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet8
tuan@nuc:~$ sudo chmod g+rw /dev/vmnet*
tuan@nuc:~$ ls -al /dev/vmnet*
crw-rw---- 1 root promiscuous 119, 0 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet0
crw-rw---- 1 root promiscuous 119, 1 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet1
crw-rw---- 1 root promiscuous 119, 8 Apr 10 13:22 /dev/vmnet8

  • Above change will be lost when host server restart

  • To make permanent change, edit /etc/init.d/vmware startup script as following

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