Hey, i have a question.
please forgive me if i am posting in the wrong place.
can an install of vmware tools install or an upgrade change core files and change the DNS settings of the OS? \
i have installed vmware tools and noticed my DNS settings changed.
can it be that vmware tools install change several system configuration files silently?
i have noticed it changed (maybe) /etc/resolv.conf file
i have tracked down the tools deplot pkg log and saw this:
Line : # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
DEBUG: Line : ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
DEBUG: Line : fe00::0 ip6-localnet
DEBUG: Line : ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
DEBUG: Line : ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
DEBUG: Line : ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
DEBUG: Line : ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
DEBUG: opening file for writing (/etc/hosts).
DEBUG: Command: chmod 644 /etc/hosts
DEBUG: Result:
INFO: Customizing NICS. { NIC1 }
DEBUG: Adding hosts line for NIC1
DEBUG: opening file /etc/hosts for appending.
INFO: Customizing DNS ...
DEBUG: opening file /etc/nsswitch.conf.
DEBUG: opening file for writing (/etc/nsswitch.conf).
DEBUG: Command: chmod 644 /etc/nsswitch.conf
DEBUG: Result:
INFO: Query config for ^(DNS\|SUFFIX\|)
INFO: Query config for ^(DNS\|NAMESERVER\|)
DEBUG: Match Found : DNS|NAMESERVER|1
DEBUG: 0
DEBUG: opening file for writing (/etc/resolv.conf).
DEBUG: Command: chmod 644 /etc/resolv.conf
DEBUG: Result:
INFO: Query config for ^(DNS\|SUFFIX\|)
INFO: Query config for ^(DNS\|NAMESERVER\|)
DEBUG: Match Found : DNS|NAMESERVER|1
DEBUG: 0
DEBUG: opening file for writing (/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf).
DEBUG: Command: chmod 644 /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
DEBUG: Result:
INFO: Customizing Date&Time ...
INFO: Customization completed.
Transitioning from state INPROGRESS to state Done.
ENTER STATE Done
EXIT STATE INPROGRESS
Deployment succeded.
Wait before set enable-nics stats in vmx.
Launching cleanup.
Command to exec : /bin/rm
sizeof ProcessInternal is 56
Returning, pending output
Returning, pending output
Process exited normally after 0 seconds, returned 0
No more output
No more output
Customization command output:
Ran DeployPkg_DeployPackageFromFile successfully
## Closing log
so, can vmware tools change core files without administrative permissions?
am i missing something here?
please let me know.
*I'm just a guy who made something out of nothing*
