How to access share folder in virtualbox Host Win7 Guest Fedora 16

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I m a newbie in linux  I installed Fedora 16 OS as guest in virtualbox on Window 7  Now  I want to access share folder from Fedora  Here is something I did    Install guest addtion  OK  Make share folder link to virtualbox  OK   Share folder path in Window 7  D  share folder vm In terminal program in fedora  I just run some commands    hoangphi localhost     su Password    root localhost hoangphi   cd Desktop   root localhost Desktop   mkdir share folder  root localhost Desktop   sudo mount -t vboxsf D  share folder vm  share folder  sbin mount vboxsf  mounting failed with the error  Protocol error  root localhost Desktop       I got this message   sbin mount vboxsf  mounting failed with the error  Protocol error  share folder vm is the folder in Win7 Host and share folder is the folder in Fedora Guest   My question  How can I fix this problem

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Install Oracle Guest Additions    host-hotkey  usually right Ctrl      d    Then   sudo  media VBOXADDITIONS 4   VBoxLinuxAdditions run   You can now enjoy    A guest that can run at native screen resolution Ability to share files between host and guest  Share the clipboard  allowing you to copy and paste between host and guest     To share folders set them up to be shared  Consider the permissions  Note that the host file permissions are transient  IOW if you can t write to file on host  the guest can t either   After setting up the file to be shared create a destination if you don t have one      mkdir -p   destination  Now mount it under the name you configured it with   sudo mount -t vboxsf myFileName   destination   As an extra tip you can really exploit this feature to do things like   - Use guest subversion client to create repository to mounted directory  you won t have a full svn client but the repo can be used in an IDE on the host    - I personally use my guest to download and unpack binaries like Tomcat to a targeted mount  Yes you can use Linux to install things on Windows   To unmount all shares   sudo umount -f -a -t vboxsf

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There is a really simple tuturial here   http   my-wd-local wikidot com otherapp configure-virtualbox-shared-folders-in-a-windows-ho    telling to do     sudo mkdir  mnt vbox share  sudo mount vboxsf nameAddesAsShared  mnt vbox share

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There s a simpler way I found when running Linux Mint    Ensure you install the Guest Additions from the command line and that you have the folder s  shared with  automount  and  make permanent  settings selected within  Shared Folders  tab of the Machine Settings Launch the User management application from Application Settings System Setting  menu selection  requires sudo  from within the Mint menu In the  Privileges and Groups  tab  check the box next to the  vboxsf  group  and then apply and ok your way back out    Any user within the vboxsf group has full access to any shared folders on each boot with no manual mounting or unmounting  I usually do the following in addition to the above just to have quick access   Open the Dolphin file manager and navigate to  media  Right-Click on the shared folder and click  Add to Places

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I just figured   You need to add a shared folder using VirtualBox before you access it with the guest   Click  Device  in the menu bar--- Shared File--- add a directory and name it  then in the guest terminal  use   sudo mount -t vboxsf myFileName   destination   Dont directly refer to the host directory

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May be this can help other guys  I had the same problem  and after looking with Google I found that can be because of the permissions of the folder    So  you need first to add permissions       chmod 777 share folder   Then run again     sudo mount -t vboxsf D  share folder vm  share folder   Check the answers here  Error mounting VirtualBox shared folders in an Ubuntu guest

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VirtualBox version has many uncompatibilities with Linux version  so it s hard to install by using  Guest Addition CD image   For linux distributions it s frequently have a good companion Guest Addition package equivalent functions to the CD image  which can be installed by    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms   After that  on the window menu of the Guest  go to Devices- Shared Folders Settings- Shared Folders and add a host window folder to Machine Folders Mark Auto-mount option  then you can see the shared folder in the Files of Guest Linux

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You probably need to change your mount command from    root localhost Desktop   sudo mount -t vboxsf D  share folder vm  share folder   to     root localhost Desktop   sudo mount -t vboxsf share name  share folder   where share name is the  Name  of the share in the VirtualBox -  Shared Folders -  Folder List list box   The argument you have   D  share folder vm   is the  Path  of the share on the host  not the  Name

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These are the steps to share a folder from Windows to Linux Virtual Box  Step 1   Install Virtual Box Extension Pack  from this link  Step 2   Install Oracle Guest Additions   By pressing -  Right Ctrl and d together  Run the command sudo  media VBOXADDITIONS 4   VBoxLinuxAdditions run  Step 3   Create Shared Folder by Clicking Settings in Vbox Then Shared Folders -    and give a name to the folder  e g  VB Share  Select the Shared Folder path on Windows  e g  D  VBox Share   Step 4  Create a folder in named VB share in home user-name  e g  home satish VB share  and share mkdir VB Share chmod 777 VB share  Step 5  Run the following command sudo mount    t vboxsf vBox Share VB Share

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This thread has some great tips   However       GirishB s answer isn t correct - sorry   Jartender s is best   Also  every post in here seems to assume you re logging in to the Linux guest as root  except for  tomoguisuru   Yuck   Don t use root  use a separate user account and  sudo  when you need root privileges   Then this user  or any other user who needs the shared folder  should have membership in the vboxsf group  and  tomoguisuru s command is perfect  even terser than what I use   Forget running mount yourself   Set up the shared folder to auto mount and you ll find the shared folder - it s under  media in my OEL  RH and Centos probably the same    If it s not there  just run  mount  with no arguments and look for the mounted directory of type vboxsf

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For accessing a shared folder  YOU have to have  Oracle VM extension pack  installed   Look at the bottom of this link  you can download it from there   http   www oracle com technetwork server-storage virtualbox downloads index html

[linux] How to access share folder in virtualbox. Host Win7, Guest Fedora 16?

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