BackTrack - Installing vmware-tools in vmware-fusion

[SoftWore]

Hello,
Here we will see how to install the vmware tools in vmware fusion. It is considered that you have installed BackTrack linux operating system (latest version ) and have install the VMware fusion (latest version)

First thing you will have to do is choose the username and the passwrod you have set during the installation.
Then you will need to be the super user of the system, this can be done by using the following command

sudo su

now you will need to set the password by typing the word of your choice
example

passwd

To set the password correct you will have to enter it twice.
Now replacing the packages

fix initrd.gz

And for splash , type this in your terminal

fix-splash

Now this will ask to replace the initrd.gz file, you have to answer it yes.
Reboot the system by using the following command

reboot

Again become the super user and start the networking and X11

dhclient eth0

following this command

startx

Once you see that the X window has been loaded, start the vm-tools installation for which you will have to navigate the the vmware menu.
Now in the terminal window as a root user

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom3 /mnt/cdrom
cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-x.x.x.tar.gz /tmp
umount /mnt/cdrom

You can also install the vmware tools with wget, default download manger in linux. If you need to cancel the current installation you will need to navigate to the virtual machine menu.
Now

cd /tmp

wget xxx.offensive-security.com/tools/vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-x.x.x.tar
tar -xf VMwareTools-x.x.tar.gz
tar -xf vmware-tools-patch-backtrack4-x.x.tar

You will hav to edit some of the entries now

cp /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmsync.tar /tmp/vmsync.tar
tar -xf vmsync.tar
cd vmsync-only

Edit the Makefile and change this line

$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -Iinclude2/asm/mach-default \

To read

$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -Iinclude2/asm/mach-default -I$(HEADER_DIR)\

save and quit now

cd ../
tar -cf vmsync.tar vmsync-only
cp /tmp/vmsync.tar /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmsync.tar

edit the file vmwaretools-x.x.patch
and remove these entries

vm_check_build = $(shell if $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
$(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) \
- $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -Iinclude2/asm/mach-default \
+ $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -Iinclude2/asm/mach-default -I$(HEADER_DIR) \
-DKBUILD_BASENAME=\"$(DRIVER)\" \
-Werror -S -o /dev/null -xc $(1) \
> /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(2)"; else echo "$(3)"; fi)

Finally save the file and run the following command in the terminal

./vmwaretools.sh

This will start the vmware fusion with all the tools installed. I hope this will help you.

[SoftWore]

Hello,
Instruction for vmware fusion 2.0.5
From the vmware menu you can start the vmware tools.
In the terminal

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom3 /mnt/cdrom
cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-x.x.tar.gz /tmp
umount /mnt/cdrom

And just follow these steps

cd /tmp
gunzip VMwareTools-x.x.tar.gz
tar -xf VMwareTools-x.x.tar
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

That is it.