Install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Ubuntu To Enable 3D Support.In order to do this, you have to install guest additions in the guest OS first, so if you haven’t done yet, check out that post and go back here when you are done. This tutorial will explain how to enable file sharing between host and virtualbox guest OS. Searching I found this article ( ) but it seemed more of a rant without a real solution.In a previous tutorial, I showed you how to install Virtualbox guest additions on Debian. OpenSUSE via sudo sudo ls -alR /media password for root:Ĭan someone explain why I cannot access the share I created via Virtual Box? Why I cannot ‘ls’ the contents of /media? ĭrwxrwx- 1 root vboxsf 0 Feb 28 23:35 Xferĭrwxrwx- 1 root vboxsf 0 Feb 28 23:35. Ls: cannot open directory '/media/rod': Permission deniedĭrwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 1 09:02.

(Of course, using sudo I can ‘ls’ the /media contents and see the same thing I do under Ubuntu.)ĭrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 134 Mar 1 08:45.

I note, also, that my user can’t even list contents of /media – something that can be done on Ubuntu and Fedora. Rebooted OpenSUSE but still cannot access the share. I created a share via Virtual Box (like I always do) and I can access it fine on Ubuntu (and others), on Fedora, but cannot access it on OpenSUSE? I took the same steps I normally would and which worked on the others but not on OpenSUSE.īooted OpenSUSE and added my user to the vboxsf group and confirmed it was there: sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf id rod I am trying out OpenSUSE and have familiarity with Ubuntu (various flavors).

Ubuntu virtualbox shared folder