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VMware Workstation 5.0
- Choose VM > Settings.
- Select Options.
- Click Shared Folders.
- Click Add to open the Add Shared Folder Wizard and click Next.
- Enter a name and location for the shared folder and click Next.
- Enter attributes for the shared folder.
- Click Finish.
Run sudo adduser $USER vboxsf from terminal. To take effect you should log out and then log in, or you may need to reboot. Edit the file /etc/group (you will need root privileges). Look for the line vboxsf:x:999 and add at the end :yourusername — use this solution if you don’t have sudo.
How do I create a shared folder in virtual machine?
To set up one or more shared folders for a virtual machine, be sure the virtual machine is open in Workstation and click its tab to make it the active virtual machine. Choose VM > Settings > Options and click Shared folders. You can add one or more directories to the list.
Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is installed in the guest operating system. Verify that permission settings on the host system allow access to files in the shared folders.
Verify that permission settings on the host system allow access to files in the shared folders. For example, if you are running Workstation Pro 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.
Where are shared folders located in VMware Workstation 4.0?
If your guest operating system has the version of VMware Tools that shipped with VMware Workstation 4.0, shared folders appear as folders on a designated drive letter. In a Linux virtual machine, shared folders appear under /mnt/hgfs. So the shared folder in this.
Access options for the shared folder. You can give the current virtual machine read-only access, or read-write access. Access to files in the shared folder is also governed by permission settings on the host computer.