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VBox 4.2.18, Win 7 64-bit host, Ubuntu 13.04 client.
Shared Folder was working until latest round of Ubuntu updates came out.
Now, shared folder shows up as empty.
UID is member of VBOXSF class.
Shared folder is accessible in Maint folder but it shows up as empty.
It is NOT empty in Windows 7.

Has something changed about access requirements?

Sounds like the guest has had a kernel update and the guest additions need to be re-compiled. Installing dkms will make the modules compile automatically on kernel updates.

Perryg wrote:Sounds like the guest has had a kernel update and the guest additions need to be re-compiled.

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup

Installing dkms will make the modules compile automatically on kernel updates.

I don't know how to install "dkms" or even what it is but your command solved the issue (following a restart of ubuntu).
Thanks

I don't know how to install "dkms" or even what it is but your command solved the issue (following a restart of ubuntu).

Then you should learn. If not this will happen again as soon as you have another kernel update, which happens about one a month it seems.

Hint: apt-get install dkms