What about the guest OS?
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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