such as copy/paste between the host OS and guest VM stops working). Indeed, it’s not uncommon for OVT to stops functioning correctly (e.g. The second script is a helper to restart the VM tools. Invoke it with: :~$ sudo mount-shared-foldersĪnd with a bit of luck, checking /mnt/hgfs/ you should see your shared folders.

The first one is a little script to mount the VMware Shared Folders. Congratulations, you now have two additional tools in your toolbox!

In the Kali Tweaks menu, select Virtualization, then Install additional packages and scripts for VMware. Those can be installed easily with kali-tweaks: :~$ kali-tweaks

Unfortunately, shared folders will not work out of the box, some additional scripts are needed. :~$ sudo apt install -y -reinstall open-vm-tools-desktop fuseĪdding Support for Shared Folders When Using OVT Should you decide to create your own VMware installation of Kali Linux (rather than using our pre-made VMware images), and you want to force a manual reinstall of open-vm-tools (as something has gone wrong), first make sure you are fully updated, then enter the following: :~$ sudo apt update The Guest Tools are also pre-installed in the Live image since Kali Linux 2021.3.Īs of September 2015, VMware recommends using the distribution-specific open-vm-tools (OVT) instead of the VMware Tools package for guest machines. If it is, then automatically install any additional tools (in VMware case, open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop). This is why since Kali Linux 2019.3, during the setup process it should detect if Kali Linux is inside a VM. Installing “Guest Tools”, gives a better user experience with VMware VMs.

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