

This curriculum only supports using a laptop, desktop or supported Chromebook. We do not recommend installing an OS that is only based on Ubuntu (like Mint, Pop!_OS, ElementaryOS, etc). Our instructions have been tested with MacOS, Ubuntu, and official flavors of Ubuntu. You should be, presumably, able to go straight to the one you want to share).We can only support the operating systems indicated above.

I was trying to share one I have not already shared. When you are done using system-config-samba, close it (ignore my prevarications in the video on which folder to share. Whilst still in the terminal, issue the following command:įollow the example in the video, below, of how to use the Samba GUI to choose a folder/entire drive and share it on the network. Install system-config-samba with the following command in a terminal:Īfter the installation has completed and whilst still in the terminal, issue the following command: But, there is an easier way using a GUI Samba tool called system-config-samba with a very small additional edit to the conf file. You could do it entirely within the samba config file. To do this, you need to use the Samba network sharing protocol. Your next option would be to set up a real network folder on your host and then access it via your network in your VM. I am assuming you logged out of your host desktop and back in as instructed, prior to running your VM, and shared folders was still not working after doing that. If you do both of the above, you should find your resolution works correctly and your shared folders work after the download has completed and Virtualbox has installed it.The download will ask you if you want to run it, after the download has completed, in VirtualBox. However, if you wish, you can just click on the link below to get it. Then navigate to the extension pack link. on the Virtualbox main window, click on “help/virtualbox website”.

Your guest OS should show it in its file manager and should even bring up the correct file to execute. On the virtual box menu, click on “devices/insert guest additions CD”

It sounds like you have not installed guest additions nor even, perhaps, VirtualBox extension pack.
