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Can't See Vboxsf in Group User Box

Posted: 26. Sep 2020, 19:03
by tbrown9218
Just Installed Vitualbox an there is no selection for Vboxsf in the group manager under my username when I go into User and Group Management module in YaST...

Using Opensuse

Re: Can't See Vboxsf in Group User Box

Posted: 26. Sep 2020, 19:12
by scottgus1
tbrown9218 wrote:no selection for Vboxsf
Searching the PDF of the Virtualbox manual shows that 'vboxsf' is only related to Guest Additions Shared Folders.

So you won't find a usable 'vboxsf' group on your host PC, and you have to install Guest Additions successfully in the guest to get an automatic 'vboxsf' group made.

Regrettably I can't offer more specific information, as you don't mention whether it's the host, the physical PC, or the guest, the VM, that you're looking for 'vboxsf' on.

Re: Can't See Vboxsf in Group User Box

Posted: 26. Sep 2020, 19:28
by tbrown9218
This is my main host machine

I already Installed all the i+ | virtualbox | VirtualBox is an Emulator | package
i+ | virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons | Icons for guest desktop files | package
i+ | virtualbox-guest-source | Source files for virtualbox gu-> | package
i+ | virtualbox-guest-tools | VirtualBox guest tools | package
i+ | virtualbox-guest-x11 | VirtualBox X11 drivers for mou-> | package

Am I missing Anything

Re: Can't See Vboxsf in Group User Box

Posted: 26. Sep 2020, 19:38
by scottgus1
Guest Additions should be installed in the guest, the VM. They should not be installed on the host. Otherwise they'd be called Host Additions. :wink:

If you installed Guest Additions in the host PC, then uninstall them and hope nothing's broken.