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Chapter 8 Transferring Files and Text Between the Host and Guest
Set Up Shared Folders
Sharedfoldersprovideaneasywaytosharefilesamongvirtualmachines,andbetween
virtualmachinesandthehost.Thedirectoriesyouaddassharedfolderscanbeonthe
hostcomputerortheycanbenetworkdirectoriesaccessiblefromthehostcomputer.
Beforeyoubegin,makesurethefollowingprerequisitesaresati
sfied:
Makesurethevirtualmachinesuseaguestoperatingsystemthatsupportsshared
folders.Foralistofsupportedguestoperatingsystems,see“UsingShared
Folders”onpage 190.
VerifythatthecurrentversionofVMwareToolsisinstalledintheguest.See
“InstallingVMwareTools”onpage 104.
Checkpermissionsettings.Accesstofilesinthesharedfolderisgovernedby
permissionsettingsonthehostcomputer.Forexample,ifyouarerunning
WorkstationasausernamedUser,thevirtualmachinecanreadandwritefilesin
thesharedfolderonlyifUserhaspermissiontoreadandwritethem.For
inf
ormationabouthowpermissionsettingaremappedbetweenLinuxand
Windows,see“ImprovedHandlingofPermissions”onpage 198.
Tosetupafolderforsharingbetweenvirtualmachines,configureeachvirtualmachine
tousethesamedirectoryonthehostsystem(oronthenetwork).
To set up shared folders
1StartWorkstationandsel
ectavi
rtualmachine.
2 ChooseVM>Settings.
3ClicktheOptionstabandselectSharedFolders.
4 SelectAlwaysenabledorEnableduntilnextpowerofforsuspend.
YoucanselectEnableduntilnextpowerofforsuspendonlywhenthevirtual
machineispoweredon. Thissettingenablesfoldersharingtemporarily,unti
lyou
shutdown,suspend,orrestartthevirtualmachine.Youmustselectthisoptionor
AlwaysenabledtoenableordisablespecificfoldersintheFolderssection.
5 (Optional)Foreasyaccess,selecttheMapasanetworkdriveinWindowsguests
checkboxtomapadrivetotheShare
d Foldersdirectory.
Thisdirectorycontainsallthesharedfoldersyouenable.Thedriveletterisselected
automatically.
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