![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now we will increase the amount of memory available for the virtual disk. I have restarted since adding my user to the vboxsf group. The folder appears as mounted underneath the Devices in Files, and it appears as shared on the Host machine. With the shared folders feature of Oracle VM VirtualBox, you can access files. To address the issue by altering the permissions on the host machine works. I have an auto-mount folder that maps to my D: drive on the host which I can access using sudo ls /media/sf_D_DRIVE - however, even when my user (ross) is a member of the vboxsf group I get a permission denied error when attempting to explore it. This command appends the user to the vboxsf group, which is the owner of the shared folders: sudo usermod -G vboxsf -a USER Log out of the VM machine, then log in.Type the following command, replace USER with the username, and press Enter. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 (guest) on Windows 7 (host) with the guest additions installed. Open Terminal with admin rights on VirtualBox. ![]()
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