Patch for install-vmware-tools REMnux script to use shared folders

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The file install-vmware-tools is from REMnux v6 scripts: https://launchpad.net/~remnux/+archive/ubuntu/stable/+files/remnux-scripts_0.1.50.tar.gz

install-vmware-tools_TrietPTM is my patch for the "install-vmware-tools" script that’s present on REMnux v6 to fix a compatibility issue between VMware Tools and the Linux kernel included in Ubuntu, which prevents shared folders from working.

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install-vmware-tools

#!/bin/bash

if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
  echo "Please run this script as as root. Exiting."
  exit 2
fi

if [ "x$(dmidecode -s system-product-name | grep VMware)" == "x" ]; then
    echo "This script only works within a VMware virtual machine. Exiting."
    exit 1
fi

mount /mnt/cdrom 2>/dev/null

if [ ! -f /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools*.tar.gz ]; then
  echo ""
  echo "Could not locate VMware Tools installer."
  echo "Please activate the VMware Tools installation from outside this"
  echo "virtual machine before running the script."
  echo "Exiting."
  exit 3
fi

apt-get purge -qq -y open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools 2>/dev/null

WORKDIR=/tmp/vmware-tools-$$
mkdir $WORKDIR
cd $WORKDIR

echo "Extracting VMware Tools installer. This can take a minute or so."
echo "Once done, this script will activate the unattended installer."
tar xf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools*.tar.gz
sudo vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl --default

cd ..
rm -rf $WORKDIR

echo ""
echo "Done. Please reboot the system (sudo reboot) now."

install-vmware-tools_TrietPTM

#!/bin/bash

if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
  echo "Please run this script as as root. Exiting."
  exit 2
fi

if [ "x$(dmidecode -s system-product-name | grep VMware)" == "x" ]; then
    echo "This script only works within a VMware virtual machine. Exiting."
    exit 1
fi

mount /mnt/cdrom 2>/dev/null

if [ ! -f /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools*.tar.gz ]; then
  echo ""
  echo "Could not locate VMware Tools installer."
  echo "Please activate the VMware Tools installation from outside this"
  echo "virtual machine before running the script."
  echo "Exiting."
  exit 3
fi

apt-get purge -qq -y open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-tools 2>/dev/null

WORKDIR=/tmp/vmware-tools-$$
mkdir $WORKDIR
cd $WORKDIR

echo "Extracting VMware Tools installer. This can take a minute or so."
echo "Once done, this script will activate the unattended installer."
tar xf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools*.tar.gz
sudo vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl --default

git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git
cd vmware-tools-patches
./download-tools.sh
./untar-and-patch.sh
./compile.sh

cd ../..
rm -rf $WORKDIR

echo ""
echo "Done. Please reboot the system (sudo reboot) now."