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).
Replace sf_shared with the actual name of the shared directory and name_of_link with whatever you want. 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. Uncheck Read-only and Auto-mount, and check Make Permanent. On Add Share prompt, select the Folder Path in your host that you want to be accessible inside your VM. 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). Right-click your VM, then click Settings. Am assuming you have already enabled auto-mount while you were adding the folder. So here is how to access your shared folders on Ubuntu VM(Oracle Virtualbox). You won't need to run a script at startup once you own the mounted shared folder.īut you will most likely need to logout and on again (or restart). This command appends the user to the vboxsf group, which is the owner of the shared folders (found in /media/.
$USER will be replaced with your username. To allow access to the shared folders permanently, copy and paste this command in a Terminal window: sudo usermod -G vboxsf -a $USER You, as a user, were not added to the vboxsf group. The mounted share folder belongs to the vboxsf user.
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