When I use ubuntu 12.4 server or desktop installed in the mac vmware fusion . It always can not share folder in the ubuntu virtual machine , no matter I reinstall vmware tools one by one .
When I install vmware tools , I read the note carefully , I found that some module be compiled had error . I think maybe this is the case .
But I search the revole and try some method , finally can not revoled this problem.
Then I installed anothe version of ubuntu server 10.04 LTS , the share folder was correct . oh my god!
First , you must have the gcc and make command, use apt-get to install these:
sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install makeNow if you really want to use ubuntu12.04 LTS share folder with mac , update you vmware fusion to 6.0+ , then choose Device -> reinstall vmware tool
switch to ubuntu virtual system , mount the CD:
sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
#try it one more time , untill it note:had already been mountedcd /mnt/cdrom
#uncompress the tool to home dir
tar -zxvf vmware-tool.XXX.tar.gz -C ~/
cd ~/vmware-tools-distrib
#install the tools with sudo
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
#between the install , you must read the screen screfully , and make the right decision . and if there wan one make error , it tells you the install was failed.
then you can find the share folders in the /mnt/hgfs