In this example, I will create a folder called “Folder to share” to do this. Use a shared folderįirst, you need to either create a folder or use an existing folder to share files & folders on VirtualBox. If you do not know how to install Windows on Mac, here is my detailed post explaining how to do it. The VirtualBox Guest Additions will need to be installed on the virtual machine in order to share files & folders. In this article I am using a Mac as my host machine and a Windows computer as my virtual machine. The shared folder should now be available and accessible as sf_rhelshared assuming you used the same names as I did in the popup window above.To share files & folders on VirtualBox we will use a shared folder. Log out and in again to pickup the change. Then as per several of the previous answers in a Terminal on the Guest VM add your user to the vboxsf group. Then in the popup window select the Host Folder you just created as the Folder Path and give it a Folder Name that will be used by the Guest VM, also tick the 'Auto Mount' check-box.Īfter rebooting the Guest VM launch a terminal on the Host and check the user that is associated with the running VirtualBox Guest process is either your user, very likely, or in a group with access to the Shared folder. In the next dialog click on the Add Folder icon to the right of the Folders List. In the Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager select your VM and then click on the 'Shared folders' configuration element. Then Shutdown the Guest VM.Ĭreate the Shared folder in you Host system using Terminal, I usually put it in my Documents folder, and make sure that your user can access it. Once they have click the 'Run' button in the dialog that popped up in your Guest VM.Īfter the script finishes right click the CD Icon on the Desktop and choose Eject.

With your running VM selected go to the VirtualBox menu and select Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image.Īllow a few seconds for the mount to occur and the install script to kick off. Once you have the prereqs in place its time to install the Guest Additions. sudo yum groupinstall 'Developer Tools'Īnd the Kernel headers package so that the Guest Additions script can update your kernel. Make sure you have the Developer Tools installed. Start up your RHEL Guest VM and open up a Terminal. For VirtualBox(5.0.24) Host=Mac(El Capitan) and Guest=RHEL(7.2)

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