![]() Alternatively, you can just drag the folder in Nautilus to the right navigation area and it will create an easy to access link. However the name-of-link shouldn't exist in the directory where you want to create the link(That is there should be no folder or file with that name). With the virtual machine running, click the Devices menu and choose the Insert Guest Additions CD image option. To use the feature, you first need to install VirtualBox’s Guest Additions in the guest virtual machine. Replace sf_shared with the actual name of the shared directory and name_of_link with whatever you want. VirtualBox’s Shared Folders feature works with both Windows and Linux guest operating systems. In Terminal (assuming that you are in the directory where you want the link to appear and that you've enabled the Nautilus plugin that gives you the context menu option ) do: ln -s /media/sf_shared/ name_of_link. They're usually named "sf_name-of-shared-folder".įor quick access, you may want to create a link to the shared folders in the home folder. Confirm from your media folder if the shared folders are present. sudo mount.vboxsf media /media How can i configure it to be run automatically at start up. I have to run the command below to access its content(the padlock sign disappears). ![]() Press ENTER and an Explorer window will open in the VM. On the virtual machine, click Start and type \\hostname\sharename where hostname is the name of your Hyper-V host and sharename is the name of the share you created. Create a folder on the Host computer (ubuntu) that you would like to share, for example /share Boot the Guest operating system in VirtualBox. The folder mounts at start up but its empty(It also has a padlock sign.). On the virtual machine running on the host, open the Network and Sharing Center and enable File and Printer Sharing. This command appends the current user to the vboxsf group, which is the owner of the shared folders (found in /media/ on the Ubuntu box). I have configured a shared folder between the Windows host and Ubuntu guest. This directory contains all of the shared folders that you enable. (Optional) To map a drive to the Shared Folders directory, select Map as a network drive in Windows guests. On the Options tab, select Shared Folders. Am assuming you have already enabled auto-mount while you were adding the folder. Select the virtual machine and select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings. ![]() So here is how to access your shared folders on Ubuntu VM(Oracle Virtualbox).
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