VMware CentOS Setup Shared folders and shared clipboard

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Because of the need to learn work, often in the virtual machine and the Windows host transfer some files, if the command or the use of FTP server will be a bit of trouble, and inconvenient, it is their own use, no need so toss, and now we use the virtual machine is basically built under the VMware, So we can share folders and the Clipboard between the host and the virtual machine with VMware's own enhancements, here's how:

1. Open the virtual machine (the CentOS I use here) to install the VMware Enhancement tool

On the VMware menu bar, click Virtual Machines, install VMware Tools

2. Installing VMware Tools under CentOS

After the first step, the VMware Virtual CD-ROM will pop up under CentOS, with the following command:

cp/mnt/cdrom/vmwaretools*.tar.gz/tmp/#注意这里的 * Indicates the version number with only one compressed package in the directory

cd/tmp# switch to/tmp directory

Tar zxvf vmwaretools*.tar.gz# Unpacking Package

CD vmware-tools-distrib# into the package just unpacked

./vmware-install.pl# Executing the Setup program

There will be many choices, all by default (enter key)

3. Setting up Shared Folders

After the second step is completed, we will find one more folder/mnt/hgfs/

Next we want to select the shared folder:

Click Shared Folders, options, settings, virtual machines

Click Add Post to configure folder

4. Configure shared clipboard

5. Restart

After the above 4 steps, if the smooth, we only need to restart on it, the following is the experimental results: (after restarting)

Start by creating a new file in the Linux shared directory:

Then we look at the Windows shared folder: