Note that changing file permissions changes them not only for the virtual computer, but for the real one too! Therefore, the method described above cannot be considered ideal. This command will create and modify new files and directories in the shared folder: The only way to make the folder readable was by changing the access rights to it with chmod. I tried to change the owner of the folder and its contents using chown:īut this did not work either - the owner of this folder was still root. SHARE_NAME /PATH/TO/POINT/MOUNT vboxsf gid=141ĐĐīut both of these methods did not work in my case. Locate and highlight (from the Host OS) the folder that you want to share between the VirtualBox Guest machine and the Host and click Select Folder. Click the drop-down arrow and select Other.

Or add a line like this to the /etc/fstab file: From VirtualBox menu click Devices and choose Shared Folders -> Shared Folder Settings.

Sudo mount -t vboxsf -o 'uid=1000,gid=141' SHARE_NAME /PATH/TO/POINT/MOUNT The vboxsf filesystem has uid= and gid= mount options, you can try them with commands like:

Virtual box shared folder