Ubuntu symlink to virtualbox shared folder
Posted: 10. Dec 2013, 15:22
I know the internet is full of related information to this, but I confess I am finding it very confusing, and would appreciate a little hand holding.
I have latest version of Virtual Box on Win7 as host, running Ubuntu 13.10 as a guest.
I want to share my Dropbox folder on Win7 with Unbuntu.
I have used the VB GUI to set up the Dropbox folder in Win7 as an automount shared folder in Ubuntu.
And this folder is accessible, to both read and write, in \Media\sf_dropbox in Ubuntu. I have checked this by actually opening a file editing it and saving it again.
BUT I cannot set up a symlink to the folder from my home folder or documents folder. The menu option in Nautilus is greyed out, and the command line baulks and tells me that sf_dropbox is a read only folder and a link can't be created.
Although, I have now read various potential solutions, I am also finding them confusing as they are often old and may or may not still apply, refer to making changes in the host rather than the guest, or seem to relate to a specific program that someone wants to run as a share.
So I wonder if someone could point me to some step by step instructions that could help with my specific problem, or help me directly.
Many thanks,
Graham
I have latest version of Virtual Box on Win7 as host, running Ubuntu 13.10 as a guest.
I want to share my Dropbox folder on Win7 with Unbuntu.
I have used the VB GUI to set up the Dropbox folder in Win7 as an automount shared folder in Ubuntu.
And this folder is accessible, to both read and write, in \Media\sf_dropbox in Ubuntu. I have checked this by actually opening a file editing it and saving it again.
BUT I cannot set up a symlink to the folder from my home folder or documents folder. The menu option in Nautilus is greyed out, and the command line baulks and tells me that sf_dropbox is a read only folder and a link can't be created.
Although, I have now read various potential solutions, I am also finding them confusing as they are often old and may or may not still apply, refer to making changes in the host rather than the guest, or seem to relate to a specific program that someone wants to run as a share.
So I wonder if someone could point me to some step by step instructions that could help with my specific problem, or help me directly.
Many thanks,
Graham