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cezarignat / selfsign-vmware-modules.sh
Last active December 17, 2024 06:14
Self sign the required modules, vmmon and vmnet, for VMWARE to work with SecureBoot on, Ubuntu 17
#!/bin/sh
#Asking for sudo because the script needs it almost all the time
sudo echo -n
#Creating the key used to sign the two modules
echo 'Preparing vmware key...'
openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout VMWAREKEY.priv -outform DER -out VMWAREKEY.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=VMware/"
#Sign the modules