In the Folder Path field, browse to the folder that you want to share. Click the Add button to add a new shared folder. In your case, given the location of the file /media/sfUbuntu and the ownership to the group vboxsf, my guess is that the file, which is on a VirtualBox file sharing filesystem, is locked in the host operating system. In the Settings window, go to the Shared Folders section. Another possibility is a disk image that is mounted, again locked by the kernel. Go to the Machine menu and select Settings. Log out and back in, everything should work fine now. In VirtualBox, select the virtual machine that you want to access the shared folder from.

There is only one more step add any user in your guest system that needs access to the folder to the group vboxsf: sudo adduser $USER vboxsf Job Done the shared folder appears on you guest machine as /media/sf_Vboxshare Then, go into settings for your virtual machine, select shared folders then the plus icon to create a shared folder and fill in the details set it to auto mount. I've created one called VboxShare in my home directory.įirst, make sure that your virtual machine is powered off. Next step create a folder on your host machine as as share area I do not believe its possible to share files between the host and the guest without installing the extension pack first though I could be wrong on this.Ĭheck that the version of Virtualbox you have.

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