


Now mount it under the name you configured it with: sudo mount -t vboxsf myFileName ~/destinationĪs an extra tip you can really exploit this feature to do things like: IOW if you can't write to file on host, the guest can't either.Īfter setting up the file to be shared create a destination if you don't have one:

Note that the host file permissions are transient. To share folders set them up to be shared. Share the clipboard (allowing you to copy and paste between host and guest).Ability to share files between host and guest.A guest that can run at native screen resolution.Searching I found this article ( ) but it seemed more of a rant without a real solution.+ , OpenSUSE via sudo sudo ls -alR /media password for root:Ĭan someone explain why I cannot access the share I created via Virtual Box? Why I cannot ‘ls’ the contents of /media? ĭrwxrwx- 1 root vboxsf 0 Feb 28 23:35 Xferĭrwxrwx- 1 root vboxsf 0 Feb 28 23:35. Ls: cannot open directory '/media/rod': Permission deniedĭrwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 1 09:02. (Of course, using sudo I can ‘ls’ the /media contents and see the same thing I do under Ubuntu.)ĭrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 134 Mar 1 08:45. I note, also, that my user can’t even list contents of /media – something that can be done on Ubuntu and Fedora. Rebooted OpenSUSE but still cannot access the share. I created a share via Virtual Box (like I always do) and I can access it fine on Ubuntu (and others), on Fedora, but cannot access it on OpenSUSE? I took the same steps I normally would and which worked on the others but not on OpenSUSE.īooted OpenSUSE and added my user to the vboxsf group and confirmed it was there: sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf id rod I am trying out OpenSUSE and have familiarity with Ubuntu (various flavors).
