Instructions to set up shared folders

[ckosloff]

I have searched the forums and posted on the IRC channel to no avail.
I can imagine that the topic has been discussed before but I could not find clear instructions.
Host is Debian testing branch arch amd64.
Guest is Debian stable also amd64.
Vbox version is 4.3.26, latest as of the time of this writing.
Guest additions and extpack are installed.
in the host, shared folder is set to /home/ckosloff/shared.
I entered same in guest.
I copied some folders to this shared folder, which I need to make available to the VM.
I don't see anything in the guest.
There is an instruction to type command: mount -t vboxsfshare mount_point.
I don't know where to type this, eg. as root in the guest?
and, what would be the mount point?
Please clarify.

[loukingjr]

If the shared folder is set to Automount, there is no need for the command line. The folder will be mounted in /Media. You do have to add your username to the vboxsf group.

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sudo adduser username vboxsf

replace username with your login name for the guest.
reboot the guest.

[ckosloff]

If the shared folder is set to Automount, there is no need for the command line. The folder will be mounted in /Media. You do have to add your username to the vboxsf group.

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sudo adduser username vboxsf

replace username with your login name for the guest.
reboot the guest.

This worked, thank you very much.

[loukingjr]

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