How to create a shared folder on Linux VM?

1

Create a folder on the host machine. Open VirtualBox Manager, select the guest machine, then settings, then shared folders.

2

Click icon to add folder. Locate the folder you created in step 1. Select Auto-Mount. Click OK.

3

Start the guest Linux machine. Execute following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils

4

Check your username and add it to the vboxsf group:

$whoami
[username result]
$sudo adduser [username result] vboxsf

5

Shut down the machine and turn it on again. Your shared files will be in /media folder and they will start with sf_ prefix.