
There is only one more step add any user in your guest system that needs access to the folder to the group vboxsf: sudo adduser $USER vboxsf Job Done the shared folder appears on you guest machine as /media/sf_Vboxshare Then, go into settings for your virtual machine, select shared folders then the plus icon to create a shared folder and fill in the details set it to auto mount. I've created one called VboxShare in my home directory.įirst, make sure that your virtual machine is powered off.


Next step create a folder on your host machine as as share area I do not believe its possible to share files between the host and the guest without installing the extension pack first though I could be wrong on this.Ĭheck that the version of Virtualbox you have.
