vmhgfs-fuse permission denied issue

Resolved. Use allow_other option to grant access

vmhgfs-fuse -o allow_other .host:/ /mnt/hgfs

To add to daisy's answer:

If you want this change to survive a reboot put it in your /etc/fstab file, e.g.

.host:/ /mnt/hgfs fuse.vmhgfs-fuse allow_other,defaults 0 0