[ILUG] Linux/ UNIX on VMWARE

[Conor Wynne]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:25 AM, <ollie at eillo.org> wrote:

>
> What about the guest OS?


Steph already answered that one, lspci and lsmod are dead giveaways.


>
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:33:48 +0000, Rob Gallagher <rob.gallagher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Ollie,
> >
> > On 25 Mar 2009, at 21:16, <ollie at eillo.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> If i have shell access on an unfamiliar system which is the best way
> >> to find out if the
> >> system is running on VMWARE or not?
> >>
> >
> > You mean the guest os or the host os?
> >
> > If the latter, dmesg |grep -i vm will tell you very quickly. Network
> > adapter is usually a dead giveaway. Also, check if vmware-tools is
> > running.
> >
> >> - Oliver
> >>
> >
> > rg
>
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