Title: open-vm-tools.tcz Description: CLI utilities for VMware and ESXi hosted virtual machine clients Version: 12.4.0.48309 (build-23259341) Author: VMware Original-site: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools Copying-policy: GPL 2, LGPL 2.1 Size: 948K Extension_by: andyj Tags: vmware esxi client utilities virtual machine Comments: Utilities for all virtual machine clients using VMware Workstation Pro (full functionality): copy/paste, time sync, host folders, window resizing, full-screen multi-monitor, mouse auto grab/ungrab, hot-plug devices (USB), sound, suspend/power-down Player (limited functionality): time sync, host folders, window resizing, mouse auto grab/ungrab, hot-plug devices (USB), sound, suspend/power-down ESXi (minimal functionality, X dependencies not required for console only VM): time sync, host-client status, suspend/power-down See also https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 ---- Download and install in console before reboot; do not install while in X. Use /usr/local/etc/init.d/open-vm-tools (e.g. /opt/bootlocal.sh) to control vmtoolsd service Shared folders should mount during login. If not run: [ $(which vmware-checkvm) ] && [ vmware-checkvm ] && [ -d /mnt/hgfs ] && vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs Kernel modules removed, now all tools are userspace. Verify permissions for /dev/fuse are 1666. Loading the extension should create /mnt/hgfs. Verify that it happened and the permissions are 777. Files in shared folders will not be visible to anyone other than the user that mounts them, including root. This is why if the shared folders are mounted in a directory that is in a tree in /opt/.filetool.lst, backups will fail. Xorg and its dependencies are not needed for text only VM's. ---- Change-log: 2016/02/19 First version, 10.0.0, compiled for TC 7.x 2016/04/06 updated to version 10.0.7 2016/11/27 updated to version 10.1.0 2017/01/05 updated to version 10.1.0+git compiled for 32-bit 2017/07/01 updated to version 10.1.5, recompiled for TC 8.x 2018/01/06 updated to version 10.2.0 2018/04/11 updated to version 10.2.5, compiled for TC 9.x 2018/08/17 updated to version 10.3.0 2018/11/11 updated to version 10.3.5 2019/01/21 recompiled for TC 10.x 2019/02/09 removed dependence on ICU, updated power commands 2019/04/05 updated to version 10.3.10 2019/07/06 shared folder changes, recompiled with openssl-1.1.1 2019/10/22 upgraded to version 11.0.1 2020/02/06 updated to version 11.0.5, recompiled for TC 11.x 2020/06/13 updated to version 11.1.0 2020/09/11 updated to version 11.1.5 2020/11/06 updated to version 11.2.0 2021/01/23 updated to version 11.2.5, recompiled for TC 12.x 2023/04/06 upgraded to version 12.2.0, recompiled for TC 14.x 2023/09/09 updated to version 12.2.5 2023/12/12 updated to version 12.3.5 Current: 2023/12/12 updated to version 12.4.0