Depending
on the kernel version of the Linux guest operating system, VMware Tools
uses different components to provide shared-folder functionality.
In
Linux kernels prior to version 4.0, the VMware Tools services script
loads a driver that performs the mount.
Linux kernels 4.0 and later use a
FUSE file system component.
You
can use different mount commands to mount all shares, one share, or a
subdirectory within a share to any location in the file system. The
commands also vary depending on the Linux-kernel version of the guestUsually is better if you insert following line in your /etc/fstab file
.host:/ /mnt/hgfs fuse.vmhgfs-fuse allow_other 0 0
create directory
/mnt/hgfs
and
mount -a
to mount immediately your shared folder