The following will configure the Shared Folders clients with the default options:
For VMware Tools - Shared Folders kernel mode client use the following mount command:
mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/hgfs
For VMware Tools - Shared Folders user mode FUSE client use the following mount command:
/usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other
For specifying a single shared folder called mysharedfolder instead of all under the general mount point a user can use the following commands:
For VMware Tools - Shared Folders kernel mode client use the following mount command:
mount -t vmhgfs .host:/mysharedfolder /mnt/hgfs
For VMware Tools - Shared Folders user mode FUSE client use the following mount command:
/usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/mysharedfolder /mnt/hgfs -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other