I'm using VMware Workstation v10.0.5 build-2443746 hosting kali v1.1.0a; 'native' VMware tools, as this procedure shows, would install but not give functionality to the HGFS/shared folders.

Once I made sure my /etc/apt/sources.list was correct (from here: http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kal...t-repositories), I then followed these steps exactly (from: http://docs.kali.org/general-use/ins...ols-kali-guest) and now it all works (including HGFS), and without rebooting, too.

cd ~
apt-get install git gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r)
git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git
cd vmware-tools-patches
cd ~/vmware-tools-patches
cp /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-9.9.0-2304977.tar.gz downloads/
./untar-and-patch-and-compile.sh
Manually, I've tested removing /root/vmware-tools-patches; rebooting and everything continues to work. This can save space, if you wish.

Should the kernel get updated; manually execute /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd; and it will accomplish an update that will (should!) fix everything to continue working correctly.



R,

-Joe