Ubuntu VMWare Export to others (best solution?)

[Michael Matthews]

Thanks Derek.  That's what I figured, when not using the iftab.rules for
udev.  I don't really want that to happen.  So does anybody else have any
recommendations for fixing the Ubuntu MAC address problem?

On 2/20/07, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>
> Michael Matthews wrote:
>
> > First of all, does anybody know if a VM that is sent to another person
> > will
> > get a whole new UUID?  My problems are mostly Ubuntu-related, but this
> > little bit of information would help.
>
> If I've understood the VM configuration properly, it's your choice -
> uuid.action = "create"
> will force each the creation of a new uuid.  Specifying uuid.location &
> uuid.bios without uuid.action will use the old values - but you'll be
> asked
> (at least I was) whether that's the correct action.
>
> > The other solution that I've seen is to edit or delete
> > /etc/udev/rules.d/25-
> > iftab.rules.  I've done this, and it SEEMS like the system is working
> just
> > fine, but are there any gotchas to doing this?  I don't really know how
> > this
> > file is used by udev in Ubuntu.  It seems like this could cause
> > inconsistent naming of the interfaces across reboots (like eth0 will be
> > hardware address
>
> It certainly can.  I _don't_ use iftab.rules for my physical ubuntu, and
> whether my wired NIC is eth0 or eth1 is random.
>
> > These people may actually be on the same network as me, and thus they
> > require a new MAC address.  That's why I'm asking about the VMWare
> UUID's,
> > because I know the MAC addresses are based off of these.  However, when
> I
> > download something like the Ubuntu-based "Browser Appliance" (
> > http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/browserapp.html),
> neither
> > am I asked to create a new UUID, nor do I find a way to solve my MAC
> > address problem.
>
> That's different.  Regardless of UUID, you can force new MAC addresses to
> be
> generated - just create a vmx at easyvmx.com and take a look at what's in
> there.  I think it's just
> ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
> with no mac address specified.  First run will create new ones.
>
> I'm new to this,so I could be wrong, but that's what I've observed :-)
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> derek
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