Kali - Adding Support for Shared Folders When Using open-vm-tools

mount-shared-folders.sh

# As of Sept 2015, VMware recommends using the distribution-specific open-vm-tools (OVT) 
# instead of the VMware Tools package for guest machines. To install open-vm-tools in Kali, 
# first make sure you are fully updated, and then enter the following:

cat <<EOF > /usr/local/sbin/mount-shared-folders
#!/bin/bash
vmware-hgfsclient | while read folder; do
  vmwpath="/mnt/hgfs/\${folder}"
  echo "[i] Mounting \${folder}   (\${vmwpath})"
  mkdir -p "\${vmwpath}"
  umount -f "\${vmwpath}" 2>/dev/null
  vmhgfs-fuse -o allow_other -o auto_unmount ".host:/\${folder}" "\${vmwpath}"
done
sleep 2s
EOF
chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/mount-shared-folders


#  If you wish to make it a little easier, you can add a shortcut to the desktop 
# (and allow the script to be executed upon double clicking if you are you are using GNOME):
ln -sf /usr/local/sbin/mount-shared-folders /root/Desktop/mount-shared-folders.sh
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation 'ask'