5/17/2023 0 Comments Vmware player shared folder![]() ![]() ![]() Only enable shared folders if you trust the virtual machine with your data. Important: Shared folders expose your files to programs in the virtual machine and might put your data at risk. Enter the command /sbin/mount.vmhgfs -h to list the options.įor Linux kernel version 4.0 or later, enter the command /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse -h to list the available options. To use shared folders, the guest operating system must have the current version of VMware Tools and must support shared folders. Mounts the subdirectory bar within the share foo to /var/lib/barįor Linux kernel prior to version 4.0, you can use VMware-specific options in addition to the standard mount syntax. VMware recommends use of open-vm-tools packages when they are provided by the distribution (which is pretty much all Linux distros). host:/foo/bar /var/lib/bar -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other VMware Tools or open-vm-tools implementation that uses a FUSE client to implement shared folders. host:/foo /tmp/foo -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other host:/ /home/user1/shares -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other Mount Command Syntax Linux Kernel Prior to 4.0 The commands also vary depending on the Linux-kernel version of the guest. ![]() You can use different mount commands to mount all shares, one share, or a subdirectory within a share to any location in the file system. Linux kernels 4.0 and later use a FUSE file system component. In Linux kernels prior to version 4.0, the VMware Tools services script loads a driver that performs the mount. First of all you need to create a folder where the mount should be pointed to. After you enable a shared folder, you can mount one or more directories or subdirectories in the shared folder to any location in the file system in addition to the default location of /mnt/hgfs.ĭepending on the kernel version of the Linux guest operating system, VMware Tools uses different components to provide shared-folder functionality. ![]()
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