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# Accessing shared host folders from Guest (Ubuntu) VM
# [requires VMWare tools to be installed - see below]
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# start the vmware tools on the Guest VM
run (as normal user)
	/usr/bin/vmware-user

should load vmware kernel modules:
lsmod|grep hgfs
vmhgfs                 57265  1 

shared folders are mounted on
	 /mnt/hgfs

if vmware-user returns an error 
	vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev

run (as root) 
	vmware-config-tools.pl
accept all defaults

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# Installing VMWare Tools 
# (needed to share Host System directories
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    sudo apt-get install build-essential

    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

Download the VMWare tools
- from Host machine use VMWare menu: VirtualMachine > Install VMWare Tools

run the installation on the Guest (Ubuntu) VM:
cd ~/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

======Graphics/Display======
You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take 
effect.

You can now run VMware Tools by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from the
command line or by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox" from the command line 
during an X server session.

To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and 
file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following:
1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user
2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and,
3. Restart your X session.