Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: open-vm-tools

Problem:
After installing open-vm-tools the OS doesn't understand 'mount -t vmhgfs ...' 
nor does it understand a vmhgfs entry in /etc/fstab. This is because there is 
no mount.vmghfs in /sbin; however hgfsmounter does exist. 

Solution:
I suggest that hgfsmounter be sym-linked to /sbin/mount.vmhgfs so one can call 
'mount -t vmhgfs ...' and the OS will know how to mount it. 

code for postinstall script:
  chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hgfsmounter
  ln -s /usr/sbin/hgfsmounter /sbin/mount.vmhgfs

See: http://open-vm-tools.wiki.sourceforge.net/Packaging?#tocPackaging2


OS:
  Description:    Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
  Release:        8.04

Package Version:
  open-vm-tools:
    Installed: 2008.01.23-74039-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 2008.01.23-74039-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 2008.01.23-74039-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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open-vm-tools does not install mount.vmhgfs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216391
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