

They represent the permissions for the directory. Here, you want to look at the string of letters in the leftmost column of the directory listing. The /tmp directory should appear near the end of the list.

Likewise you can get to it from TERMINAL via 'cd /mnt/hgfs' then do 'ls' and you should see your folder.

In here you should see the folder that was shared from the host machine. You have to click Computer, then mnt, then hgfs. First (and most important) the shared folders do NOT appear in an obvious place in the File UI.Shared folder not visible in ubuntu Web20 ta’ Lul 2020
