Ubuntu Server: rename eth1 to eth0

Today I needed to change / rename network interface name ‘eth1’ to ‘eth0’, after replacing broken network card. I searched for the file ‘/etc/iftab’, and it was not there. The solution lies in the file ‘/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules’: # PCI device 0x1022:0x2000 (pcnet32) SUBSYSTEM==”net”, ACTION==”add”, DRIVERS==”?*”, ATTR{address}==”00:0b:49:81:02:13″, ATTR{type}==”1″, KERNEL==”eth*”, NAME=”eth1″ Changing NAME=”eth1″ to NAME=”eth0″ did the trick. …

VMware ESXi enable remote ssh access (unsupported)

To enable VMware ESXi 4.0 SSH (Windows Putty) access: At physical console press ALT+F1. VMware ESXi banner will appear. There is no prompt on the screen, but type ‘unsupported’ and press Enter. Now at password prompt type root password. You are logged in Linux console. Type: vi /etc/inetd.conf Locate line with commented SSH – ‘#ssh …