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12 questions linked to/from How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu using VMware tools?
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Enabling shared folders with open-vm-tools
I'm running Ubuntu 14.10 in VMware Player on Windows 7. I have installed open-vm-tools instead of VMware Tools because VMware's software was unable to compile the kernel module required for file ...
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unable to see shared folders in ubuntu(guest) installed in vmware
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 in Vmware workstation in my windows7 OS. I installed VMware tools in Ubuntu.
I have configured the shared folders in settings. Using the below command, I am able to get ...
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The shared folders not shown in Ubuntu 22.04
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 and successfully shared folders in VMware. However, I find my mnt folder is empty. So, I use sudo mkdir /mnt/hgfs codes to make mnt have a folder named hgfs. However, the ghfs ...
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VMWare Windows 7 (host) Ubuntu 14.04 (guest) shared folder won't mount
I have a windows 7 with vmware workstation 9, and I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on it.
I configured the shared folder in the VM/settings menu, and I can see it in the Ubuntu when doing vmware-hgfsclient. ...
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ubuntu 12.04 in vmware can't detect the shared folders
I just installed ubuntu 12.04 via VMWare on MacOs 10.7.4.
I assigned a shared folder and gave ubuntu the right to read/write it.But now I can't find this folder in ubuntu. I know in win7 I can find it ...
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How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu (version >= 18.04) using VMware tools?
(migrating this ticket to have correct answer for recent Ubuntu-s. Originally asked here, but most answers are obsolete.)
I've successfully installed VMware tools for Ubuntu. Everything seems to work ...
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Unable to mount windows share under vmplayer 12
So this feels like one of those common problems where the suggested solutions just fail to apply to my situation.
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 installation running on wmplayer 12 under windows 7. I have ...
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vmware tools and gcc installed, but gcc path "invalid." (Ubuntu 17.10)
I'm running Ubuntu 17.10 in a VM using vmware workstation, and trying to get the guest OS to see the shared directory. I have installed vmware tools using the VM menu.
Afterwards, vmware-hgfsclient ...
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Each time I reboot Ubuntu 12.4 in my vmware on Mac OS the share folder are not mounted
I installed the VMwareTools-8.8.4. The shared folder was working fine. Each time I reboot Ubuntu 12.4 in my vmware on Mac OS the share folder are not mounted? Any idea of what is happening?
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Auto mount a shared folder using autofs service with VmwarePlayer
I'm running Ubuntu Budgie in a virtual machine using VMware Player.
To mount the shared folder I use:
sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other
but I need to run the command ...
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Accessing shared folder in ubuntu from VMWare workstation
How do I mount shared folder in Ubuntu from VMware Workstation?
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How do I mount a Shared Folder from a Vmware Workstation Host (Windows 7) inside Ubuntu
I have been trying to do this for days now and I am getting no where. I have downloaded the latest Vmware Tools. What steps/commands do I use? Please help
Gary
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