vmware-tools disable vmhgfs

[team-ip-service]

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to disable the shared folder feature, especially to stop vmware tools to put lines in /etc/fstab (on linux host).

I'm also looking for a good documention which vmware.tools.options are available at all.

My search didn't return any good results.

Thanks

Markus

[Rubeck]

From: http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-advanced.html#guestcommands

Add this to the VM .vmx file: isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "True"

/Rubeck

[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

The sanbarrow reference will disable vmhgfs but it will not stop vmware-config-tools.pl from adding a line to /etc/fstab. To do that you will have to modify the /etc/vmware/locations file and disable all VMHGFS_* lines.... Change from True or On to False or Off depending on the original response.

Remeber on ESX, vmhgfs is disabled anyways, just adding it in guarranttees that when a VM is moved from ESX to Workstation that it will not allow vmhgfs unless there is a change.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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