Auto mount a shared folder

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Binome
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Auto mount a shared folder

Post by Binome »

Hi,
I've got an ubuntu guest running on a windows host.
I want a folder on the host directly accessible for any user on thr guest.For now the shared folder seems only to be accessible to root in the /media folder.
hOW CAN i HAVE AN EASY R:W ACCESS FOR ANYONE,
tHANKS;
Perryg
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Re: Auto mount a shared folder

Post by Perryg »

Auto mount requires that you have your user name in the vboxsf group on the Linux guest.
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.h ... mount_auto
Binome
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Re: Auto mount a shared folder

Post by Binome »

Thanks.
That works and it's all I wanted.
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