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Getting shared folders working on Win10 host Fedora 27 guest
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I am using the latest VirtualBox on my Dell XPS 13 and I had a Fedora 27 guest that I could not get the shared folder to mount in the guest. I got errors indicating a permissions problem and another about a protocol error.
I finally got the Fedora 27 guest OS to properly mount my Win10 user home directory (C:\Users\Kurtis) by doing the following steps:
1. Run this command on the Fedora 27 guest replacing the userid kurtis : sudo usermod -a -G vboxfs kurtis
If you get an error, the VirtualBox guest extension are probably not installed. They must be installed.
2. Shut down the Fedora 27 guest OS.
3. Remove the shared folder using the main VirtualBox client (the one that lets you configure new or edit existing guests).
4. Re-add the shared folder using the main VIrtualBox client.
5. Start Fedora 27 guest and log in.
6. Open file browser and the shared folder should show up as a non-local mount point. Opening the link should now work.
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