Access VirtualBox Shared Folders within Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)

http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/10/access-virtualbox-shared-folders-within-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/

 

This brief guide shows you how to share a folder from the host machine and access it within Ubuntu – the guest machine using VirtualBox. We have previously covered VirtualBox on the blog many times, and showed you how to install, manage and use it to test out multiple operating systems using a single computer.

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to use VirtualBox Share Folders feature to access folders on the host machine (machine that VirtualBox is installed on) from the guest machine. Our host machine is Windows 7 and our guest machine is Ubuntu 11.10.

Objectives:

• Create VirtualBox shared folders
• Add user account to VirtualBox group in Ubuntu
• Restart and access the shared folders from Ubuntu guest machine

To get started, select ‘Devices –> Shared Folders’ from VirtualBox Menu.

 

Next, click the plus symbol to add folders you wish to share with the guest machine. You have option to set it to auto-mount and mount permanently.

 

After that, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard in Ubuntu to open Terminal. When Terminal opens, type the command below add your username account to VirtualBox group.

sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf USERNAME

 

 

Replace USERNAME with your username.

Restart your computer and the shares should be mounted in the /media folder. All VirtualBox shares begin with sf_

Enjoy!