Open a command line window on the guest and change to the cert folder on the Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions CD. Mount the Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions. Use the following steps: Log in as Administrator on the guest. Replace VM_Name and Folder_Name with your own names. 1) Start Ubuntu VM from VirtualBox interface. Use the VBoxCertUtil.exe utility from the cert folder on the Guest Additions installation CD. iso can directly be downloaded here (precisely match your virtual box version, as shown in the about menu) Hint 2: If you are to lazy to re-add a CD Drive with all the rebooting, you can unpack that iso in your (Ubuntu) Host for example (remove anything x86. Figure A Creating your shared folder in VirtualBox. In the resulting popup ( Figure A ), click the Folder Path drop-down and select Other. VirtualBox right-click the virtual machine Settings Shared Folder Click the folder icon that has a + symbol in the upper.
If you trust your Linux guest OS, you can enable symlinking from the host OS with the following command: ~ $ VBoxManage setextradata "VM_Name" VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/Folder_Name 1 Install matching Guest Additions again (I did so earlier in setup, well.) Hint 1: The. From the Settings window, select Shared Folders. For security reasons, creating symbolic links in a shared folder is disabled in the guest OS ( ticket 10085 and manual 5.3 Shared Folders). Install VBoxGuestAddition This is a mandatory pre-requisite if you wish to configure a shared folder with VirtualBox.
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