How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu using VMware tools?

Most other answers are outdated. For Ubuntu 18.04 (or recent Debian distros), try:

sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000

If the hgfs directory doesn't exist, try:

sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000

You may have use a specific folder instead of .host:/. In that case you can find out the share's name with vmware-hgfsclient. For example:

$ vmware-hgfsclient
my-shared-folder
$ sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/my-shared-folder /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000

If you want them mounted on startup, update /etc/fstab with the following:

# Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host
.host:/    /mnt/hgfs/    fuse.vmhgfs-fuse    defaults,allow_other,uid=1000     0    0

I choose to mount them on demand and have them ignored by sudo mount -a and the such with the noauto option, because I noticed the shares have an impact on VM performance.

Requirements

Software requirements may require installing the following tools beforehand:

sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop

Others have claimed the following are required:

sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant \
  linux-headers-virtual linux-image-virtual && dpkg-reconfigure open-vm-tools

I have set up on Windows 7 host with Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop with VMware Tools installed on.

Virtual Machine settings

  • Folder sharing = Always Enabled
  • Make sure you have at least one Folder shared between the host and guest

On the Ubuntu Guest

  • check /mnt/hgfs that you can access your shared folder.

    If you don't see your shared folders (automounted) inside /mnt/hgfs , run VMware configuration tools:

    sudo vmware-config-tools.pl

  • update your fstab using the details below:

    gksu gedit /etc/fstab

    (I am using ubuntu desktop so use other text editor to enter the next line at the end of the file)

    .host:/{shared-folder} /{path-to-mount-on} vmhgfs defaults,ttl=5,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

  • Restart your vm (You may need to restart few times or get error message saying unable to mount just skip the error and restart)


run vmware-config-tools.pl, AGAIN!

Refer: http://www.laotudou.com/vmware-player-share-folder.html

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