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This article provides information on enabling hgfs in open-vm-tools installed from packages for Linux OSes that support systemd.
Prerequisites Open-vm-tools version is at 10.0.0 or greaterOS supports fuseKernel version >= 3.10 (if open-vm-tools < 10.3.0. kernel version must be >= 4.0)Supports systemd Create the file /etc/systemd/system/mnt-hgfs.mount with this content: [Unit] Description=VMware mount for hgfs DefaultDependencies=no Before=umount.target ConditionVirtualization=vmware After=sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount [Mount] What=vmhgfs-fuse Where=/mnt/hgfs Type=fuse Options=default_permissions,allow_other [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Create the file /etc/modules-load.d/open-vm-tools.conf with this content: fuse If the file already exists, add that line to the file. Enable the system service with the command: sudo systemctl enable mnt-hgfs.mount This will make sure the hgfs fdirectory will be mounted after a reboot. Make sure the 'fuse' module is loaded: sudo modprobe -v fuse In Workstation or Fusion, enable "Shared Folders" in "Virtual Machine Settings" > "Options", and set the folders to be shared.The shared folders should appear in the directory /mnt/hgfs. If that is not the case, start the service with: sudo systemctl start mnt-hgfs.mount or reboot. Note: The vendor may provide the functionality in a future version of the open-vm-tools package. When that happens you can remove the manually added files.
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