Can't get drag and drop to work. Shared Folder doesn't work either.

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CyberD7
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Can't get drag and drop to work. Shared Folder doesn't work either.

Post by CyberD7 »

Hello,

Made an account just for this. I've tried so many things to get Drag and Drop to work on my VMBox. Nothing works.
Same with Shared Folders. I cannot see the Shared Folder anywhere in my VM.

Some info:
I have 2 VMs. One is Kali Linux. One is Parrot Sec.

Like I said before I have tried some guides online and nothing has worked. I am hoping to start a new troubleshooting line of thought with someone here who might give me some fresh input that works. I am posting below some guides I have followed that have not fixed my issue.

I will appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Guide I used...
CyberD7
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Re: Can't get drag and drop to work. Shared Folder doesn't work either.

Post by CyberD7 »

Here is an image. I manage to get the GuestPermission Disk loaded, but I can't run it.

I'm trying to upload an image to show u my terminal but the size is too large. Over 128kb. The file is already tiny. I want to upload to imgur, but I can't post links.

Basically I run sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

"do: unable to execute ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: Permission denied
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Re: Can't get drag and drop to work. Shared Folder doesn't work either.

Post by socratis »

CyberD7 wrote:I have tried some guides online and nothing has worked
Have you tried THE authority on the issue? The User Manual? Ch. 4.2. Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions...
CyberD7 wrote:I'm trying to upload an image to show u my terminal but the size is too large. Over 128kb
The cropped image of the Terminal that you're installing the GAs is more than 128 KB? I honestly find that hard to believe. Unless you're trying to post a screenshot of your whole 4K desktop, which is of no importance to the issue...

But, you've managed to describe the picture, which is even better!
CyberD7 wrote:unable to execute ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: Permission denied
Right. That's what Debian security will do for you, you're not allowed to run things straight. Try the following:
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    cd /media/cdrom
    sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
or copy the "VBoxLinuxAdditions.run" to your desktop and run it from there.
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transcender
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Re: Can't get drag and drop to work. Shared Folder doesn't work either.

Post by transcender »

Thank you @socratis for your help!!! :D :D :D
I read the manual and boom my problem was solved.

It turned out that Guest Addition was not mounted. I just needed to go to Devices> Insert Guest Additions CD image
and the path was created.

Prior to this I kept getting Command Not Found or No Such File or Directory when I ran "sudo /media/$USER/VBox*/VBoxLinux*.run"
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