Thread: VMware file sharing betw host and guest doesn't work on Ubuntu 13.04

hello,
using vmware player on 64 bit windows 7 run ubuntu 13.04, , installed vmware tools enable (among other things) file sharing between host , guest. however, file sharing not work though worked fine on ubuntu 12.10. following messages:

using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only'
/usr/bin/make -c /lib/modules/3.8.0-19-generic/build/include/.. subdirs=$pwd srcroot=$pwd/. \
modulebuilddir= modules
make[1]: entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic'
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/backdoorgcc32.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/cpname.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/cpnamelinux.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/cpnamelite.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/dentry.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/dir.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/file.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/fsutil.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/hgfsbd.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/hgfsescape.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/hgfsutil.o
cc [m] /tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/inode.o
/tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/inode.c: in function ‘hgfstruncatepages’:
/tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:888:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmtruncate’ [-werror=implicit-function-declaration]
cc1: warnings being treated errors
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only/inode.o] error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only] error 2
make[1]: leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic'
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] error 2
make: leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-jgcnb7/vmhgfs-only'

suggestion appreciated.
regards,
bostjanv

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