Re-configure teamviewer: sudo teamviewer passwd my_secret_password.Make sure that you and the users you connect are using the free version of TeamViewer.Start the TeamViewer background service: sudo systemctl start teamviewerd.I wrote another post on how to change MAC address, you can read for more information (a large portion of its content is coincide with the content in the current post).

After all, if the TeamViewer ID does not change, you should look at other interfaces and change their MAC address one by one to identify the correct interface.ĥ. To change the MAC address permanently, refer to this tutorial.Ĥ. This configuration is volatile and is restored after a reboot. After running the above commands, you need to re-connect it viaģ. If the re-configured interface is a wifi connection.Hence, systemctl stop/start networking does not work. From Ubuntu 19.04, the networking service is no more available.Note: replace enp8s0 and 30:9c:23:28:66:be with appropriate values in your configuration. Next, change the MAC address with the following commands. Usually, I suggest change the last digit in the current MAC address. Otherwise, your OS will not be able to recognize the network adapter correctly. However, you should not change the first 24-bit of the MAC address. You can choose an arbitrary new MAC address to change to. Notice the enp8s0 interface name, TeamViewer guests your previous installation based on this interface's MAC address. TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 The result will look likeĮther 30:9c:23:28:66:bf txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) Inspect current MAC address: sudo ifconfig.Remove TeamViewer's default configuration: sudo rm /opt/teamviewer/config/nf.Stop TeamViewer background service (TeamViewer daemon): sudo systemctl stop teamviewerd.Get the current TeamViewer ID to latterly check if the setup here works as expected: sudo teamviewer info.Otherwise, you can refer to the installation guide here. Hence, if you change the MAC address, then re-configure TeamViewer, the TeamViewer ID will change.Īssume that you already installed TeamViewer in /opt/teamviewer. By default, TeamViewer guests and generates your unique ID based on the MAC address of some specific interfaces of your machine.

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