VirtualBox allows you to set up Shared Folders that both the host operating system and the guest operating system can access. Note that changing file permissions changes them not only for the virtual computer, but for the real one too! Therefore, the method described above cannot be considered ideal. To do the file sharing between VirtualBox and Host, VirtualBox essentially takes a folder on the host operating system and uses network file sharing to make it accessible inside the virtual machine. This command will create and modify new files and directories in the shared folder: The only way to make the folder readable was by changing the access rights to it with chmod. I tried to change the owner of the folder and its contents using chown:īut this did not work either - the owner of this folder was still root. SHARE_NAME /PATH/TO/POINT/MOUNT vboxsf gid=141ĐĐīut both of these methods did not work in my case. If the Windows user account only has read permission, this is the only permission you’ll have from Linux as well.

To symlink a file, first open a terminal. Or add a line like this to the /etc/fstab file: You must change your account permissions from within Windows 10. Sudo mount -t vboxsf -o 'uid=1000,gid=141' SHARE_NAME /PATH/TO/POINT/MOUNT How to install the Guest Additions If your guest includes a desktop. The vboxsf filesystem has uid= and gid= mount options, you can try them with commands like: To create shared folders with VirtualBox, you’ll need a running instance of VirtualBox and at least one guest up and running.

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