
Linux guest (Ubuntu 17.10 was used here)įirst, set yourself up an encrypted container.


I'm going to cover the technical aspects of setting things up and then talk a bit about how I use it. This post is equal parts workflow and process. This makes keeping all of my sensitive information under control a bit tricky so I spent a bit of time thinking and tinkering and came up with a pretty OK solution.

I used to use TrueCrypt for this, but these days I'm using BitLocker.Ĭomplicating things is the fact that I also tend to be using at least two machines (one Windows and one Linux) while testing. This way, no matter what I forget or how many different files I generate, I'll know where the important stuff is and will be able to regularly review and delete unneccesary information. My organizational skills and general workflow are a constant work in progress, but one thing I never screw around with is keeping everything safe.Īny data I have that I'd be worried about becoming public I store in an encrypted container. I'm grepping and awking and doing all sorts of awful things to text files in the hunt for shells. Does the directory /mnt/hgfs exist in your VM? If not sudo to root and create the directory.When I'm working on an assessment, I consume and generate a pile of data: IP lists, vuln scanner output, pentest notes, whatever. Have you verified that open-vm-tools are installed? What Linux distro/version are you running? Vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0"ĭo you know, if "ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1" has any effect on my problem? # /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation # that works even if disks are added and removed. # device this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices

# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # /etc/fstab: static file system information. In my case, this has been the final result: And it doesn`t matter, if i try opening shared folders immediatley or reboot first.ĭo you keep previous lines in the /etc/fstab file? "vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0" Unfortunatley, this still does not work for me.ĭisable / Enable shared folders haven`t any effect just like adding
