VMware - How to change path to shared folder on ubuntu virtual machine

Question

I created a shared folder on VMware, it is mounted on my ubuntu virtual machine to /mnt/hgfs/shared-folder.

Instead, I want to mount it to /path/to/my/web/directory/

How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

Assuming the host is present (which is, after setting up the shared folder with VMware), use this command to mount hosts shared folder :

vmhgfs-fuse .host:/shared-folder /path/to/my/web/directory/

Use this command to unmount the default mountpoint:

sudo umount /mnt/hgfs

Answer 2

There is a variable named vmhgfs_mnt in /etc/init.d/vmware-tools

vmhgfs_mnt="/mnt/hgfs"

You can change /mnt/hgfs to /path/to/my/web/directory .