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## open-vm-tools-vmware-ubuntu-sharing.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                open-vm-tools and VMWare Shared Folders for Ubuntu guests
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    (NB: adapted from this Ask Ubuntu thread -- tested to work on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS through Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy).
Unlike using VMWare Tools to enable Linux guest capabilities, the open-vm-tools package doesn't auto-mount shared VMWare folders. This can be frustrating in various ways, but there's an easy fix.
TL;DR

Install open-vm-tools and run:
sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other