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Fix VMware shared folders not mounting on Linux guest:

sudo sed -i '/^#user_allow_other$/s/^#//' /etc/fuse.conf
sudo /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt -o subtype=vmhgfs-fuse,allow_other

# make perm by adding to fstab
echo ".host:/ /mnt fuse.vmhgfs-fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null

Note

the shared folders will show up in /mnt

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