Ubuntu – Cannot see shared folder in /mnt/hgfs

12.04lubuntuvmwarewindows 7

I am trying to share a folder between Lubuntu 13.04 (in VMware player) and Windows 7 64 bit. I followed a tutorial till step 16. I typed a command and saw nothing. I also went into the /mnt/hgfs folder and saw nothing there. How do I fix this ?

http://theholmesoffice.com/how-to-share-folders-between-windows-and-ubuntu-using-vmware-player/

Command – 

dir /mnt/hgfs

EXTRAS –

By the way, this is how I actually reached step 16.

Step 12 – sudo apt-get install hgfsclient
Step 14 – If it does not work, then follow this tutorial – http://www.liberiangeek.net/2013/03/how-to-quickly-install-vmware-tools-in-ubuntu-13-04-raring-ringtail/
Step 16 – STUCK !!!

Best Answer

Install VM-Ware Tools on Linux

sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse && reboot

This command mounts any files that are shared from the host into /mnt/hgfs

sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other
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