This is expected behavior, the host guest filesystem (HGFS) is handled in usespace by FUSE rather than in the kernel.
>From [open-vm-tools-announce] open-vm-tools 10.0.0 release [1] and in the changelog: New features in open-vm-tools 10.0.0 include: - Shared Folders: For Linux distributions with kernel version 4.0.0 and higher, there is a new FUSE based Shared Folders client which is used as a replacement for the kernel mode client. [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/open-vm-tools/mailman/message/34424776/ ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572211 Title: vmhgfs module not built To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1572211/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
