

Also Ubuntu have an open source version of VMware tools in their repo so even for ISO installed images you should be able to apt-get install open-vm-tools (or something similar - do an apt-cache search to check the exact name). I would expect the VMware shared folders feature to work OOTB and if it doesn't it'd be good to try and work out why. Out of interest, the VMware tools should be preinstalled when using the VM (zip) images supplied by TKL. Click on Add to set up your shared folder and follow the on-screen instructions in the Add Shared Folder Wizard. You can then choose a sharing option under Folder Sharing.

For interest sake, TKL have a Webmin Samba module in their repo too, so for TKL appliances you can also apt-get install webmin-samba which allows for really easy configuration of shares. Within VMware Workstation, choose your virtual machine and click on Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings. Right click and select Create New Package.

host/ which should theoretically mount all shared folders from the host to the specified directory.Īnd I was going to mention worst case scenario, try Samba! But looks like you beat me to it. I can net view any computer on the network and see all shares, 12 de nov. And also suggest that you tried just mounting. For VMware Workstation, select VM Settings Options Shared. I don't even recall exactly what I was going to post, but it was something along the lines of checking that the hgfs module was loaded into the kernel (use lsmod command with grep to filter/limit the results). Important: To use the shared folder functionality, you might have to enable the feature. I was in a bit of a rush though so perhaps just 'previewed'. I actually thought I posted here this morning.
