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Saturday, July 18, 2020

VMware Sharing Folder not showing Under Directory Troubleshooting


Installed Oracle Linux 8 on Vmware Workstation Player 15. I shared folder (Software) which not showing under /mnt/ directory...already installed VMware tool.




[oracle@localhost ~]$ cd /mnt
[oracle@localhost mnt]$ ls
hgfs
[oracle@localhost mnt]$ cd hgfs/
[oracle@localhost hgfs]$ ls
[oracle@localhost hgfs]$ ls -la
total 8
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 18 14:50 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jul 18 14:50 ..



Run both commands on terminal

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse --enabled
/usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse: 0 - HGFS FUSE client enabled


[root@localhost ~]# /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other



[root@localhost mnt]# ls
hgfs
[root@localhost mnt]# cd hgfs/
[root@localhost hgfs]# ls
Software

[root@localhost hgfs]# ls
Software
[root@localhost hgfs]# ls -l
total 8
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8192 Jul 18 09:58 Software
[root@localhost hgfs]# cd so
-bash: cd: so: No such file or directory
[root@localhost hgfs]# ls -l
total 8
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8192 Jul 18 09:58 Software
[root@localhost hgfs]# cd Software/
[root@localhost Software]# ls

oracle-database-ee-19c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
OracleLinux-R8-U0-x86_64-dvd.iso
PDFCreator-4_1_0-Setup.exe
[root@localhost Software]#


[root@localhost Software]# pwd
/mnt/hgfs/Software
[root@localhost Software]#




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