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Amir10JM
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 Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:52 pm Post subject: VMware Workstation Pro Shared Folder |
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Hello everyone,
I'm running VMware Workstation 16 Pro on Windows 10 Pro.
I'm running 2 Linux clients;
1- Linux Mint
2- Gentoo Linux
On the Linux Mint the shared folder is located at: //mnt/hgfs
By "Shared Folder" I mean the folder that you can share files with the Host and the Client/Guest.
Will the Shared folder on Gentoo be in the same location?
If yes; it is not working for me; and I feel that it's a "Permission Issue".
Am I correct?
And how do I fix this issue? |
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I'm going to be honest; I saw the second link before I asked the question, and I have no idea what they are talking about.
The location of the share on the Client side in Linux is:
//mnt/hgfs
Now in Linux Arch; Arch creates a folder inside hgfs, like this:
//mnt/hgfs/_VMware Shared Folder (I named the folder that, not Arch)
The first Link is for VMware ESXi Server and I'm running Workstation 16 Pro.
I don't think it applies, but I could be wrong about that.
I just don't understand what to do.
Thank you for any help anyone can give me. |
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alamahant
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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According to the first link you need to
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emerge --ask app-emulation/open-vm-tools
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inside the Gentoo vmware guest.Start and enable the service and make sure also you have configured the Gentoo kernel accordingly.
If this is hard then maybe
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emerge -av gentoo-kernel-bin
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which hopefully will have all these configs enabled.
Having done all that, inside the guest issue
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vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /home/user1/shares -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other
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vmhgfs-fuse .host:/foo /tmp/foo -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other
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vmhgfs-fuse .host:/foo/bar /var/lib/bar -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other
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to have the shares mounted at different location in the fs.
according to the second link.
But according to this link the shares by default will also be available under
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I got the share working.
Thank you for that; but when I reboot I loose the share.
Can someone give me the right syntax for fstab?
I would like to add an entry in fstab so I have the share going all the time.
By the way; if anyone has a better method or proper solution; I'm open to any and all suggestions.
This is what I'm entering in fstab but the computer does not boot when I add this?
# Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host
.host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0 |
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry let me retype that proper: | Code: |
# Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host
.host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0 |
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Hu
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| Amir10JM wrote: | | This is what I'm entering in fstab but the computer does not boot when I add this? |
What happens instead? Telling us something is broken without describing how will rarely lead to useful suggestions about how to make it work. | Amir10JM wrote: | | Code: | # Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host
.host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0 |
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If I had to guess, I would speculate that the Host-Guest Filesystem is somehow network-based, and so needs to be deferred to the netmount phase, rather than brought up with local filesystems. Have you tried marking that this is a _netdev mount? |
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, let me ask the question this way.
This is the command I use to make the VMware Share Folder work:
| Code: | sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared -o allow_other -o uid=1000
But that only works until I reboot.
Once I reboot the share doesn't work.
So how do I get this share working permanently?
How do I run this command automatically at boot up?
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry I'm new at this.
But that only works until I reboot.
Once I reboot the share doesn't work.
So how do I get this share working permanently?
How do I run this command automatically at boot up?
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sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared -o allow_other -o uid=1000 |
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| Adding an appropriate entry to /etc/fstab is the proper way to make a filesystem mount again at boot. Please do so, and if it does not work, describe precisely what you see that you would characterize as incorrect. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| Amir10JM wrote: | This is what I'm entering in fstab but the computer does not boot when I add this?
| Code: | # Use shared folders between VMWare guest and host
.host:/shared /mnt/hgfs/shared fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other,uid=1000 0 0 |
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That closely matches an example from here.
When you have that in /etc/fstab, does it work without rebooting?
(mount /mnt/hgfs/shared and umount /mnt/hgfs/shared should work)
Do those commands work? If they do not, what is the output / error message?
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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So I got it to work.
If you go to VMware's support site they give you 2 methods for file sharing.
I was using the 2nd method which does not work.
At least it didn't work for me in multiple Linux Distros.[/code]
By the way; I did not get any error messages with the 2nd method.
The share just didn't work.
The 1st method worked for me.
Here's the link for VMware's website solutions:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/60262
This was the solution; I saved the code in the fstab file:
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vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0 |
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry here's the code again.
| Code: | | vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0 |
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Amir10JM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Even though I got it to work, I don't understand why it worked.
What is "Fuse"?
And why does that line work in fstab?
If someone would take the time to explain that to me; It would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance. |
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Hu
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| Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Amir10JM wrote: | Sorry here's the code again. | Code: | | vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0 |
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This forum supports both previewing your post before making it publicly visible, and making edits to it afterward, so that you do not need a follow-up post to correct data entry errors.
According to the fuse project's HOMEPAGE listed in the ebuild, FUSE is the Filesystem in USErspace.
Without seeing the errors from the non-working version, it is difficult to say why one version works and one does not. |
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