Specifications

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Mounting Shared Folders in a Linux Guest on page 49
After you have enabled a shared folder, you can mount one or more directories or subdirectories in
the shared folder to any location in the file system in addition to the default location of /mnt/hgfs.
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Change Shared Folder Properties on page 50
After you create a shared folder, you can change the folder name, the host path, and other attributes.
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Change the Folders That a Virtual Machine Can Share on page 50
You can change the folders that a specific virtual machine is allowed to share.
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Disable Folder Sharing for a Virtual Machine on page 51
You can disable folder sharing for a specific virtual machine.
Guest Operating Systems that Support Shared Folders
To use shared folders, a virtual machine must have a supported guest operating system.
The following guest operating systems support shared folders.
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Windows Server 2003
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Windows XP
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Windows 2000
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Windows NT 4.0
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Windows Vista
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Windows 7
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Linux with a kernel version of 2.6 or later
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Solaris x86 10
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Solaris x86 10 Update 1 and later
Enable a Shared Folder for a Virtual Machine
You can enable folder sharing for a specific virtual machine. To set up a folder for sharing between virtual
machines, you must configure each virtual machine to use the same directory on the host system or network
share.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the virtual machines use a guest operating system that supports shared folders. See “Guest
Operating Systems that Support Shared Folders,” on page 47.
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Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is installed in the guest operating system.
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Verify that permission settings on the host system allow access to files in the shared folders. For
example, if you are running Player as a user named User, the virtual machine can read and write files in
the shared folder only if User has permission to read and write them.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine and select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings.
2 On the Options tab, select Shared Folders.
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