![]() If that didn’t work it could be because the VBoxGuestAdditions are not installed on your VM. Make the change permanent: Go to VirtualBox–>settings–>foldershared–>double click–>’Make Permanent’ option Then vi /etc/rc.local You need the admin password. ![]() groupename = NeuroPoly, the command will give NeuroPoly:x:1000 where the 3rd argument is the gid)įor admin rights use sudo vi /etc/rc.local. ![]() Get groupname –> groups (uid and gid respectively) to assign the permissions to the Shared folder In order to get username/uid/groupname/gid. Now you need to edit the file /etc/rc.local and add this above the “exit 0 ” line: mount -t vboxsf -o username=uid, groupname=gid VBShared /home/user/Shared_Folder Now, start your VM and create a folder e.g /home/user/Shared_Folder On the Shared Folders section, click on Add a folderĮnter the path to your folder AND give it a different name e.g VBShared. Go to VirtualBox and open the Settings of your VM If you want to transfer files between your computer (host) and your Virtual Machine (guest) you’ll need a shared folder.Ĭreate a folder on your computer that will be your shared folder e.g.
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