Networking notes
How to change MAC (hardware) address of NIC (network interface card)
$ ifconfig eth0 down $ ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:ab:cd:ef:12:34 # new MAC address $ ifconfig eth0 up $ ifconfig eth0 | grep HWaddr # check new MAC address
Transfer files using Secure Copy (scp)
Transfer file/directory from remote host to localhost:
$ scp [<USER>@]<HOST>:<REMOTE_PATH> <LOCAL_PATH>
Usage example:
$ scp v-teq@v-teq.com:~/.vimrc ~/.vimrc # copy .vimrc file from remote host to the local one $ scp user@example.com:/etc/resolv.conf /tmp/dns.txt
Transfer file from localhost to remote host:
$ scp <file/directory> user@example.com:~/remote/directory
Transfer file/directory from localhost to remote host:
$ scp file.txt user@example.com:~/remote/directory
