![]() ![]() If you don’t do so, you need to manually mount the shared folder from your VM. Navigate to and select the folder you need to share. I have restarted since adding my user to the vboxsf group. Select the Virtual Machine (VM) for which you wish to share the folder and click Settings. I have an auto-mount folder that maps to my D: drive on the host which I can access using sudo ls /media/sf_D_DRIVE - however, even when my user (ross) is a member of the vboxsf group I get a permission denied error when attempting to explore it. STEP 4: VirtualBox will open a window Shared Folders. STEP 3: Click on Devices tab which is located on the top of VM VirtualBox taskbar and select Shared Folders from the drop-down list. STEP 2: Start Linux box which you have installed in VM. Select the guest machine you wish to share files with Click Settings > Shared Folders Right-click and select Add Shared Folder and use the following settings. On the Shared Folders settings page there is a green folder with a plus on the right of the screen. On the VM Settings page, click the Shared Folders section. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 (guest) on Windows 7 (host) with the guest additions installed. STEP 1: Run host OS and launch VM VirtualBox. Creating the Shared Folder If you have more than one virtual machine created select the VM that you wish to set up the shared folder and then click the Settings gear. ![]()
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