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Irene
Irene

Reputation: 792

cannot sync shared folder using VMware windows 7 as main OS and centOS 6 as guest

I create the shared file as suggested, there is no error showing up but then in mnt/hgfsthat is the suggested path nothing shows up. I tried to follow the first solution in this but it says command not found. I am really new to this so any help is appreciated.

EDIT: I am trying to use the single node VM on cloudera and I really cannot get the shared folder to work, I looked everywhere to no avail, for me it does not work for the 4.8 and the 5.3. I cannot imagine I am the only one with this issue. Any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1461

Answers (3)

kashesandr
kashesandr

Reputation: 1551

I spent a lot of time to solve the same problem in UBUNTU. It was a pain. BUT! I found the solution here

1 - Run: apt-get install dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential psmisc
2 - Run: git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git
3 - Run: cd vmware-tools-patches/patches
4 - Remove every folder except "vmhgfs".
5 - Get the last version of VMwareTools clicking on VMWare Bar > VM > Install/Reinstall VMWare Tools. It will open a virtual CD containing the "tar" file.
6 - Copy VMwareTools-9.2.4-1398046.tar.gz to "vmware-tools-patches" folder.
7 - On "vmware-tools-patches" folder, run: ./untar-and-patch-and-compile.sh

Upvotes: 0

Hema latha
Hema latha

Reputation: 11

Even I had the same issue. Found a solution and able to share files between the host Windows 7 and guest Linux machine

Check if the Sharing is enabled: Control panel --> Network and Internet --> Network and sharing center --> Change advanced settings --> Home or work --> Under Public folder shared check the box "Turn on network sharing so that anyone with network access can read and write"

Then share the folder --> with everyone read/write Open the properies of the shared folder --> share --> check the path //hp-pc/FolderName

the in Linux/ubunto VM --> Open the root -- On the tab click on file "connect to server" --> add folder name , Username as "hp-pc" (Admin for that host pc), WORKGROUP and connect. Give password.

Then folder can be viewed in VM

Regards, Hems

Upvotes: 1

Deeh
Deeh

Reputation: 680

According to the link you provided you need to install/update VMWare-tools on the guest.

Check out these links.

Verifying a VMware Tools build version

Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using Red Hat Package Manager

Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using a Compiler

Hope this helps,

Deeh

Upvotes: 1

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