Ubuntu guest VMware shared folders using open-vm-tools package and vmhgfs-fuse
sudo vmhgfs-fuse -o allow_other -o auto_unmount -o uid=1000 -o gid=1000 .host:/shared_folder /mnt/shared_folder
.host:/vmshared /mnt/vmshared fuse.vmhgfs-fuse allow_other,uid=1000,gid=1000,auto_unmount,defaults 0 0