If the folder is not found, it will print “No such file or directory.” Another way to find a shared folder in a Linux VM is to use a file manager. Then, type in the following command: “find / -name ‘sharedfolder’” This will search your entire system for a folder called “sharedfolder.” If it finds the folder, it will print the path to the folder. To do this, first open a terminal window.

Finally add user to vboxsf group ( replace USER_NAME with what printed in last command.Assuming you would like an introduction on how to find a shared folder in a Linux VM: One way to find a shared folder in a Linux VM is to use the command line.

When terminal opens, run command to check your username in case you don’t remember: whoami.

Open a terminal window from system app launcher.

Firstly, start the virtual machine and login.

Here I’m going to do it via a single command: There are a few ways to add an user to a group. All you need to do is add your user into this group. The shared folder belongs to vboxsf group in the guest. You do not have permissions necessary to view the contents of “xxx” Or it prompts permission issue while accessing from the left pane in file manager: GDBus.Error.Failed: Unix process subject does not have uid set.

And it pops up an error dialog when you trying to open it: However, after you created one, the shared folder is marked with cross and lock icons. Shared Folders is an useful feature for file sync between Virtualbox host and guest OSes. Running Ubuntu as virtual machine via VirtualBox? You may encounter permission issue to access the shared folder between host and guest.

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