Use vmware-tools to configure file sharing between a linux virtual system and a windows Host

Use vmware-tools settings to share files between linux virtual systems and windows hosts. Use the sharedfolders feature in vmware to transfer files between hosts and ghosts in vmware without any network-related settings, no network protocol is used. The host and ghost can be linux and windows operating systems. Here, we only describe that the host is windows and the ghost is set in linux. If the ghost is windows, see setting upshared folders in vmware help. Switch to the windows desktop and choose VM> Settings> Options> Shared Folders> Properties from the vmwareworkstation program menu.

Click the "add" button in the lower-right corner of the dialog box. The welcome page of the Setting wizard is displayed. click NEXT. Add shared folder:

Enter the name of the shared directory in the text box "name" (the directory name entered here will be displayed in the linux System of ghostcomputer with the same directory name), which is assumed to be fc4_iso; fill in the "hostfolder" in the hostcomputer windows system to share the directory, Assuming F: \ linux-cd \ RedHat \ Fedora_Core_4 \ stentz-dvd-i386, click "Next" www.2cto.com to share the file. Select "Enable this share", which means that the shared file is valid for a long time and the directory can be Read and written. "Read-only" means that the shared file is valid for a long time and the directory is Read-only. Generally, select Enablethis share and click "finish". In linux, mnt will have an additional hgfs folder, which contains 6 shared folders. use the shared folder directory to switch to the linux System of ghostcomputer. Run: www.2cto.com cd/mnt/hgfs ls to view the fc3_iso directory, and run commands such as cp to implement windows to linux, read and Write operations from linux to windows (attached: adding a sharedfolder to vmware software or version sharedfolder parameters takes effect immediately, that is to say, you can immediately see the newly added shared directory in the linux System of ghostcomputer and experience parameter changes. Note: you cannot use multiple applications to open a file at the same time. For example, you cannot open the same file with an application on the host machine and another application on the client. In some cases, this will cause data in the file to be damaged .), In addition, I think most of us use ftp, samba, and even nfs (nfs can be implemented by installing Microsoft Service for unix on windows, using the sharedfolder method that comes with vmware is much easier than using the network protocol for file transfer. For Beginners, using the cp command to copy files is much easier than using the ftp and smbmount commands. Author lezhiyong