If so is there anyway to recover it? Thank you for all your help. Linux kernels 4.0 and later use a FUSE file system component. In Linux kernels prior to version 4.0, the VMware Tools services script loads a driver that performs the mount. Is this the password they are asking for ? Depending on the kernel version of the Linux guest operating system, VMware Tools uses different components to provide shared-folder functionality.

it said I could enter that at a later time.(so I skipped it at that time or so I thought.) When I was running the install appllicationfor vmware when it came to password. VMware Player lets you evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, without any installation or configuration hassles. 'Failed to run '/usr/bin/vmware-modconfig'-icon='vmware-player'-appname='VMware' as user root. after some other guesses this message appeared: This came up 'Please enter your password to proceed' I tried my root password for my computer, also my password for my user account and these failed. To view the version of VMware tools, use the below command in Terminal: -h 2>&1 grep 'VMware Tools'. During installation, accept all the default values by pressing Enter. Then this message appeared when I tried to run VMware player ' before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernaL' Then run the below command as sudo to install and configure VMware tools: sudo. When I tried to run VMware player by clicking on the icon this message appeared 'C header files matching your kernal were not found' So I then ran this command: I followed your instructions and it installed.

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