![]() ![]() ![]() In the VirtualBox the directory to be shared is not set as read-only. This means I cannot make or change files in it as a normal user. Oracle VM VirtualBox provides the option to mount shared folders automatically. Once mounted it has permissions dr-xr-xr-x however once mounted the directory is of root ownership and chown user /home/user/Test has no effect. Figure A Creating your shared folder in VirtualBox. In the resulting popup ( Figure A ), click the Folder Path drop-down and select Other. I found several ways of mounting the directories automatically upon startup using for example the /etc/rc.local method ( here) where you modify said file appending the command to it (without sudo). From the Settings window, select Shared Folders. To mount I used the command sudo mount -t vboxsf ![]()
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