+1
On Windows10 host and Ubuntu 16.04.02 LTS guest with only open-vm-
tools*** packages installed and kernel 4.8.0-34-generic, the same
problem was solved by the fix from @drolevar
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got hgfs auto-mounted now, exactly as @drolevar said.
What I've missed previously is that the Vmhgfs-fuse *should* depends on
fuse (obviously), but that dependent is not define in the package thus
*not* installed automatically.
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Agree that the Vmhgfs-fuse should be moved out from the open-vm-tools-
desktop package, into the open-vm-tools package, or standalone.
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@drolevar,
Could you elaborate a bit how you get hgfs auto-mounted please?
The following is what I did to my freshly insalled Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
apt-get -y install open-vm-tools
apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-desktop
echo '.host:/ /mnt/hgfs fuse.vmhgfs-fuse
allow_other,uid=1000,gid=1000,auto_
I have managed to have hgfs auto-mounted by adding the following line to
/etc/fstab:
.host:/ /mnt/hgfsfuse.vmhgfs-fuse
allow_other,uid=1000,gid=1000,auto_unmount,users,defaults 0 0
Not sure all of it is necessary, but at least it works. Also I think it
should be mentioned in U
Hi all,
I'm in agreement with the fact that vmhgfs-fuse is part of the wrong
package. Having to install a bunch of desktop/X Windows packages just to
be able to used shared folders under VMware Workstation/Fusion is
certainly less than ideal.
However, I am against including vmhgfs-fuse in the ope
I installed the open-vm-tools and a
udo mount -t hgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs
ends in
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vmhgfs'
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Description:Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
Release:16.04
Codename: xenial
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** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
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