Now if you go to the folder you’ll see that folders blog on the host and the virtual machine have same content.

Once the installation finished run the command in the terminal to mount the shared folder in the VirtualBox Ubuntu virtual machine sudo mount -t vboxsf blog blog In the virtual machine go to the top menu: Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image.Ĭlick “Run” on the popup and confirm with the root password Mount Ubuntu VirtualBox shared folder Let’s try now to share a folder between the host machine and the VirtualBox virtual machine.įirst we need to create a folder on the host machine and set that folder as a shared folder in Settings -> Shared Folder of VirtualBox ManagerĬreate a folder in the home directory of the VirtualBox virtual machine with that name. Select Auto-Mount to mount the directory automatically after every reboot. In the next window Browse for the directory which you wish to share on the Windows Host on your Linux client.

Right click on this icon and click on Shared Folders Settings. francoisrv Posts: 3 Joined: 28.I assume you were able to create an Ubuntu virtual machine with VirtualBox. Oracle VirtualBox Shared Folder Settings. The thing that seems weird to me though is I had alrealdy done what Im trying to do now with the same version of both guest/host and virtualbox and i was able to mount share folders and access symbolic links no problemo! The documentation says that VirtualBox supports symbolic link if both host and guest are Linux, but i guess that does not imply support for symbolic links inside the shared folder and that only the shared folder can be a symbolic link. I'm assuming because the guest thinks the link is on its repertory when it actually points to a path that only exists in the host. Now the problem is that there is a symbolic link in the shared folder and it appears as a broken link through my guest Nautilus. I've also realized that if I check the box 'Auto-mount', on restart, the shared folder appears automatically in guest://media/sf_ Thanks to the document you've linked me to, things are a little bit clearer.

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