Notes on how to share Linux Files in windows and Vmware

There are many file sharing methods between Windows and Linux. I will summarize them here. Suppose your host computer is windows and guest is Linux.

1. Use samba
This is the method I use most.

2. Configure apahce in Linux
Configure apahce in Linux, and then download the files in Linux through WWW in windows. In this way, only Linux files can be uploaded to windows, but Windows files cannot be uploaded to Linux.

3. Configure ftp in Linux
You can use either vsftp or wu-FTP to configure the upload permission. Then, Windows and Linux can share files with each other.

4. Configure the WWW Service in Windows
You can use IIS, Apache, or other methods. If you only have command lines in Linux, you can use the wget command to conveniently download files.

5. Configure ftp in Windows
Simple to use Serv-U

6. Use the file sharing Function of Windows
For example, if your windows IP address is 192.168.0.1 and a directory named share is shared, you can run the following command:

Mount-T smbfs // 192.168.0.1/share/mnt-O username = USER % passwd

Or smbmount // 192.168.0.1/share/mnt-O username = USER % passwd (Use this command to install Samba)

7. Use VMware Tools
Sharedfolders is a new feature of vmware4, making it easier to share files between host and guest operating systems. However, you must install VMware Tools before use.

Click setting-> VMware Tools install
Mount/dev/CDROM/mnt/CDROM

CD/mnt/CDROM

There is a VMware Tools tar package, undo the execution of the vmware-tools-install.pl script, a carriage return, generally no problem. Click Edit-> Virtual Machine settigns-> Option-> sharedfolders-> Add, select the folder to be shared, and name the folder. Next step. Select enable thisshare. After confirmation, VMWare will automatically mount the folder to the/mnt/HGFS directory.

8. Directly mount the physical hard disk or hard disk partition
However, VMWare also supports the direct mount of the host machine by creating a disk in the VM settings, selecting "usephysicaldisk (foradvanced users)" as the type, and then selecting the disk and partition. However, such an operation may lead to inconsistent file systems, resulting in errors. We do not recommend this operation.

9. Use an ISO file
The optical drive in the virtual machine can be either a physical optical drive or an ISO file. We can convert the key parts of our files into an ISO file (using winiso) and then attach them as CDROM in Linux.