

Open VirtualBox settings for your virtual machine (the guest Linux OS), and go to the shared folder section. Mounting the shared folder in the guest OS.Install VirtualBox guest additions in guest OS.I am using Ubuntu, but these commands will work on any Linux distribution.įor this, you will need to perform the below steps: So I am showing here those steps, which is needed to access the shared folder inside Linux based Guest OS.

VirtualBox is one of the most used virtualization technology for various purposes.Īccessing the shared folder is very simple when the guest operating system is Windows, but it needs some extra work if you need to access the shared folder inside Linux based guest OS. Here in this HowTo article, I will show you how you can easily access the shared folder inside the Linux/ubuntu guest using VirtualBox.
