Req: How to share one Guest (.vdi) between two linux users

jstars · Post by **jstars** » 25. Feb 2009, 23:19

Host: Ubuntu 8.10 x86
Guest: WinXP

I have tried searching on this forum but only come up with posts about accessing shared folders.

What I would like to do is have one Windows XP Guest virtual machine shared between my linux account and my wife's linux account (on the same machine). I have placed the virtual machine file "WindowsXP.vdi" on a separate NTFS partition. However, my question is what happens if both users run this virtual machine? Is this even possible?

Is there a better way to achieve this? i.e having one virtual machine that both users on the same machine have access to?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 27. Feb 2009, 17:22

This is possible, as it's been done several times. Just not with an NTFS drive, but it's essentially the same idea.
Some interesting topics:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... b038463b0c
and
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=