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I have had this scenario working a year ago. Want to having a share folder between Windows Host and Ubuntu Client. Since then I have created a new Ubuntu Client. For some reason I can not get it working now. I have read "HOWTO: Use Shared Folders" at viewtopic.php?f=29&t=15868#p66406.

This is my environment:
VirtualBox 4.2.6 r82870
VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.6
Windows 7 64-bit
Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit

Following the HOWTO: I created a folder on windows (c:\share) and a mount folder on Linux (Home\weconsultants\host)
I issue sudo mount -t vboxsf share ~/host and I get no errors. When I look at the linux folder host I do not see files that are in the windows folder.

I have also tried:
sudo mount -t vboxsf share /home/weconsultants/host
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000 share ~/host

I just noticed that I see a few folders under the Media folder that look like shared folders. Some names I have tried but all have a prefix of "SF_" like SF_Downloads, SF_HOLD_(EPUB), SF_SHARE, SF_UBUNTU_NEWS. The all have the graphic X on top of the Folder's icon.

Any help would be appreciated. This should be a no brain'er not sure why I am having problems

The folders that have SF_ at the front are because you have checked the auto-mount box when you created the shared folder. If that is what you want you need to add your guests user name to the vboxsf group in the guest.

Manual mount should still work if the guest additions are installed in the guest.

I just pointed to one of the auto mount folders and all works as designed. Not sure why it would not work for the folder I manually set up (host). At least it is working.

sudo mount -t vboxsf share /media/sf_share

Thanks for your help.