Log in to UBUNTU and VMware mount shared directories as root

root login 14.04

• Set root's passwd

  # 设置密码
  sudo passwd root
  # 切换到root帐号
  su root
  

• Configure login (allow root login)

  cd /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
  cp 50-unity-greeter.conf 50-unity-greeter.conf.backup
  vim 50-unity-greeter.conf
  cat 50-unity-greeter.conf
  [SeatDefaults]
  greeter-session=unity-greeter
  user-session=ubuntu
  greeter-show-manual-login=true
  all-guest=false
  

  Then, edit root's profile

  vim /root/.profile
  将 /root/.profile 文件中的 mesg n 替换成 tty -s && mesg n
  

root login 18.04

Reference: https://www.cnblogs.com/masbay/p/10744900.html

• Set root's passwd

  sudo passwd root
  su root
  

• Configure lightdm

  cd  /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
  cp  50-unity-greeter.conf 50-unity-greeter.conf.backup
  vim 50-unity-greeter.conf
  

  Open the file, add the following two lines at the end of the file, save and close after completion (note this step, do not delete the original two lines in the file );

  greeter-show-manual-login=true
  all-guest=false
  

• Enter the /etc/pam.d folder and modify the contents of the gdm-autologin and gdm-password files (refer to the command in step 2):

  gdm-autologin,    注释掉 auth required pam_success_if.so user!=root quiet_success 这一行
  gdm-gdm-password, 注释掉 auth required pam_success_if.so user!=root quiet_success 这一行
  

• Modify the /root/.profile file

  # sudo gedit /root/.profile
  tty -s && mesg n || true
  

• carry out

Cannot see shared directories in VMware

Reference: https://blog.csdn.net/donglynn/article/details/55046017

• 1) Confirm that VMtools has been installed, open the shared folder, and set the shared directory

• 2) View the set shared directory

  root@ubuntu:~# vmware-hgfsclient
  temp
  work
  

• 3) Manually mount

  sudo mount -t vmhgfs .host:/temp /mnt/hgfs/temp
  Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device
  

  If the above error occurs, you can use the following command to manually mount

  vmhgfs-fuse .host:/temp /mnt/hgfs/temp
  

• 4) Script written by the above command, execute script mount

  # 首先确认你安装了vmware，并且安装了kernel相关（以下是 CentOS 或 RedHat 发行版的安装命令）。
  yum install kernel kernel-headers kernel-devel -y
  

  The following is the content of the script

  #!/bin/bash
  vmware-hgfsclient | while read folder; do
    echo "[i] Mounting ${folder}   (/mnt/hgfs/${folder})"
    if [ ! -d /mnt/hgfs/${folder} ]; then
      mkdir -p /mnt/hgfs/${folder}
    fi
    umount -f /mnt/hgfs/${folder} 2>/dev/null
    vmhgfs-fuse  -o allow_other  -o auto_unmount  .host:/${folder}  /mnt/hgfs/${folder}
  done
  sleep 2s