Can't get shared folders working in any linux guest

[binarybrian]

I've tried different linux guests all seem to have the same issue with sharing folders and drag/drop feature. I've reinstalled numerous times. Sharing is enabled. Issue is with Workstation 15 Pro and Ubuntu based guests. Can anyone point me in a direction to get this working? Thanks in advance.

[RDPetruska]

Shared folders requires the VMware Tools to be installed in the Linux guest.

[binarybrian]

I understand the tools need to be installed. I have installed the tools numerous times either from vmware itself or the repository. I can replicate this issue on two different assets both running the latest version of vmware workstation pro 15. open-vmware-tools & open-vmware-tools-desktop are installed.

[RDPetruska]

IIRC, the open-vm-tools don't include the driver needed for shared folders, but I may be wrong.  Have you tried the built-in tools from VMware included with your Workstation installation?

[binarybrian]

As stated yes I have tried both versions. During the setup it asks if you want to enable this feature, I choose yes. I never get anything to mount in /mnt/hgfs/

[louyo]

/mnt/hgfs can be problematic.

As a work around, you might try mounting the share as a cifs:

I have a share on the host (also Linux) named data. I use the following:

sudo mount -t cifs //10.10.10.10/data /mnt -o user=lou

[binarybrian]

I appreciate the work-around. I was just hoping to get the same functionality from vmware on windows as fusion.