Thanks for pointing out. I was not aware of this. The fuse-client is still barely undocumented. After some amount of Googling I leave a few links here for documentation purposes, just in case other people stumble about this topic too:
Best documentation I found: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware/Installing_Arch_as_a_guest#Shared_Folders_with_vmhgfs-fuse_utility Usage of fuse in /etc/fstab (comment #4) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1551558 Quick 'n dirty howto http://grumpyapache.blogspot.de/2015/11/vmware-shared-folders-oin-fedora-23.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572211 Title: vmhgfs module not built To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1572211/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs