- #VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER HOW TO#
- #VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER INSTALL#
- #VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER UPDATE#
- #VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER SOFTWARE#
- #VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER CODE#
Removing the package (before reinstalling the 4.4.x version) doesn't seem an option neither, because of its dependancies:Īt the end, I didn't succeed in mouting shared folders into my HDP 2.6.4.
#VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER UPDATE#
Trying to update the kernel-devel/kernel-headers to match the 4.4.x version, I ended up with a conflict and I was unable to update the kernel-headers with the 4.4.x version. So we have a pre-requisite of our pre-requisite, which consists of " preparing guest for building external kernel modules"Īnd our HDP 2.6.4 doesn't seem ready: the running kernel (4.4.x id I'm right) and the kernel-devel and kernel-headers versions do not match), which is a condition that is checked during the installation process. In Virtualbox documentation Chapter 4 Guest Additions, it is said In the Folder field, type \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\. Not really ! The devil is inside the details. Updated on You can view your shared folders between your Mac and Windows by mapping them as a drive in Windows. Therefore, as the currently accepted answer suggests, running the -d fixes the problem.The instructions given in the article avoid to mention a setup pre-requisite which is "Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions" on the guest machine, that is to say installing it on our CentOS based HDP Sandbox VM. go to the VMware player menu and select Manage and click Virtual Machine Settings. host:/win7share /mnt/hgfs vmhgfs defaults 0 0īut the vmware-hgfsmounter function is not available using the official vmware-tools from VMware that ships with the current VMware player. When data is placed in a shared folder from either the host or the VM. This function is available for both open-vm-tools and vmware-tools.Īlso note that vmware-hgfsmounter is equivalent to mount -t vmhgfs.
Note that vmware-hgfsclient returns the list of shared folders that are enabled in the VMware Player settings. host:/`vmware-hgfsclient` /mnt/hgfsĪssuming of course that I had already enabled a shared folder from the host machine in VMware Player settings.
#VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER SOFTWARE#
This worked for me using open-vm-tools from Ubuntu Software Center (trusty-14.04LTS shown - please see update above): cd /mnt
#VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER INSTALL#
Therefore this answer also assumes that your version of Ubuntu can install the open-vm-tools from it's software repository. VMWare decided to support this switch in 2015. This answer also assumes that you are not using VMWare Tools from VMWare but instead using open-vm-tools from your Linux distribution. If anyone has updated information, please comment or edit this answer, instead of down-voting, as I believe this answer may still be valid for older Ubuntu releases.
#VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER CODE#
Although, hgfsmounter may still be available on other Linux distributions, since the hgfsmounter function is still currently available in the upstream source code on GitHub. The executable vmware-hgfsmounter has not been available in Ubuntu since 16.04LTS (xenial). This answer is outdated for Ubuntu newer than 15.10 (Wiley). The folders property of the Homestead.yaml file lists all of the folders you wish to share with your Homestead environment. Now establish an SSH session to your guest. Note this doesn't require restarting your VM. As per the suggestion of several posts on here, Ive run vmware-config-tools. For this example, I used the name 'share'. VM -> Settings -> Options -> Shared Folders. Choose a directory path on the host machine, give the directory a name and choose applicable options (such as Auto Mount).
#VMWARE PLAYER MOUNT SHARED FOLDER HOW TO#
How to configure VMware Tools Shared Folders Linux mounts ( 60262) Within VirtualBox, navigate to Settings > Shared Folders. Linux-headers-virtual linux-image-virtual & dpkg-reconfigure open-vm-tools Others have claimed the following are required: sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant \ Software requirements may require installing the following tools beforehand: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop 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. host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0 If you want them mounted on startup, update /etc/fstab with the following: # Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host host:/my-shared-folder /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000
Go to the Options tab and select the Shared Folders option: 3.
In that case you can find out the share's name with vmware-hgfsclient. Choose the virtual machine and select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings: 2. You may have use a specific folder instead of. If the hgfs directory doesn't exist, try: sudo vmhgfs-fuse. host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000 For Ubuntu 18.04 (or recent Debian distros), try: sudo vmhgfs-fuse.
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