How do I disable sharing or change port sharing is using? It is using port 443 and I need that port for something else! I'm using VMWare Workstation 12 Player.
Thank you.
Try this:
On a Windows command prompt:
netstat -ano | find ":443" | find "LISTENING"
The last column is the process id that is listening on that port.
or on Linux:
lsof -nP | grep :443
The first column should be process name and 2nd column the PID. Cna do a "ps auxwww | grep xxxx" to see more details on that PID
You can start task manager to see what process it is - may need to enable the Process ID/PID column.
This KB mentions how to change sharing port on full Workstation, not sure sharing exists on player as I haven't used Player:
Go to menu Edit -> Preferences -> Shared VMs and click on "Disable Sharing".
I found this fix a lot on the internet, but I figured it's for an old version of VMWare. My VMWare has no menu (and sequentially no "Edit")!
http://image.prntscr.com/image/c3b7422ee2ae4780a48b9016160526f5.png
You're opening the VMware Workstation 12 Player. Do you have the VMware Workstation Pro installed?
I did state in my original question that I'm using the "Player" version. It may have it installed, but it certainly isn't activated:
http://image.prntscr.com/image/9441e0d1ef1946fb91eb32f9d8c240e0.png
I don't own the pro version.
Try this:
On a Windows command prompt:
netstat -ano | find ":443" | find "LISTENING"
The last column is the process id that is listening on that port.
or on Linux:
lsof -nP | grep :443
The first column should be process name and 2nd column the PID. Cna do a "ps auxwww | grep xxxx" to see more details on that PID
You can start task manager to see what process it is - may need to enable the Process ID/PID column.
This KB mentions how to change sharing port on full Workstation, not sure sharing exists on player as I haven't used Player:
There was a vmware process that I killed in order to stop vmware from using that port, but I thought it was temporary. I restarted to check, and I was right, that process got started again. After I killed it again, I could use that port for my own needs.
Thank you for the "find" instructions. When I checked the first time, I checked by looking on my own. Now, with that process killed, I restarted the machine, and to my surprise that vmware process did not start (sorry I can't name the process from my head). So for now, I'll mark this question as "Solved". Instead, now I get that process with PID=4 uses that port, and I can't use that port myself at all now, because process with PID=4 is the System process.
Thank you for your help.
PS: That video does not apply to "Player" version.