Shared folders are not available from within an ssh session

[Kentzo]

I'm using VMware 12.2.4 with both host and guest running 11.7

There is a folder on host shared with the guest for both reading and writing. I can access the directory from within VMware's GUI session, but when I ssh using the same user I suddenly lose access: commands such `ls` give back "Operation not permitted".

My guess is that some authorization is not kicking in when I'm connecting over ssh, but I have no idea how to fix that.

[Technogeezer]

If you open the Terminal app from within the GUI session in the VM, can you access the shared folder from there? Or do you still get the “operation not permitted”?

[Kentzo]

It does work within the GUI session.

[Technogeezer]

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251027260 - it appears this is a similar issue to what you're seeing. It is a macOS issue, not related to Fusion.

The article suggests that you give Full Disk Access to the shell you're using (the default shell for Big Sur is /bin/zsh instead of /bin/bash) 

[Kentzo]

Indeed, it turned up to be an issue with how permissions on macOS.

I needed to enable Full Disk Access for remote users (System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Login -> Allow full disk access for remote users)