Mount a shared folder in a Linux client

When you enable a shared folder, /mnt/hgfs you can mount one or more of the directories/subdirectories in the shared folder to any location in the file system, in addition to the default location.

Use the mount command to mount a subdirectory of all shares, a share, or a share to any location on the file system.

load Command Syntax

Command	Description
< Samp class= "Codeph" >mount-t Vmhgfs. host://home/user1/shares	load all shares to /home/ User1/shares
< Samp class= "Codeph" >mount-t Vmhgfs. Host:/foo/tmp/foo	foo Shared mount to /tmp/foo
mount -t vmhgfs .host:/foo/bar /var/lib/bar	footo mount a subdirectory in a share bar to /var/lib/bar

In addition to mount the standard syntax, you can use specific VMware options. To obtain usage information for the host-client file system option, type the command /sbin/mount.vmhgfs -h .

When you install VMware Tools etc/fstab , an entry is added to specify the location of the shared folder. You can edit the file to change or add entries. For example, to automatically mount at startup, edit the /etc/fstab and add the following line:

. host://mnt/hgfs Vmhgfs defaults 0 0

The VMware Tools Service script loads the driver that performs the mount operation. If the mount fails, a message about the load HGFS share is displayed.

Note

If the shared folder is disabled or the share does not exist, the mount operation will fail. You are not prompted to rerun the VMware Tools vmware-config-tools.pl Configuration program.

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Mount a shared folder in a Linux client