![]() Leave the "Enable this share" box checked and check the "Read-only" box if you want this share to be read only.īy default, if the VMware Tools are correctly installed, you will see that these shares will be available automatically in the folder : /mnt/hgfs ![]() Important : although there are open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop packages for many Linux distributions, the VMware Tools (supplied with VMware Workstation) will also need to be installed for the file sharing system of VMware is supported by the guest OS.įor this, refer to our tutorial : Installing VMware Tools on Linux.Ĭlick Browse to share a folder on the physical PC and specify the name under which it will appear in the guest OS. Select "Always enabled" to enable file sharing, and then click Add. ![]() Important : for drag and drop to work with Linux-based guest OSs, you will need to have the open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop packages installed (as explained here).Īs you can see, the option to create a network drive (to facilitate access to shared data from your virtual machine settings) is not available, because it's a feature only for Windows. If you have properly installed VMware Tools on Linux, you can also use drag and drop (even if you use Windows as a host and Linux as guest and vice versa). File transfer on Linux (Debian / Ubuntu) 2.1.
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