VirtualBox Ubuntu Shared Folder
Once you shared a folder in VirtualBox with Ubuntu Guest, you need to install VirtualBox Guest additions, this can be done from menu.
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Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image |
Once this is done, in your Guest OS, you will see a CD rom, install the provided software.
Before you can use shared folder, you need to add the user you use to group vboxsf, to do this, run following command in terminal.
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sudo usermod -G vboxsf -a $USER |
$USER is user name of the user you will be using. You can replace it with any user you will be using to access the shared folder.