first you will have to share the folder (Machine -> Settings -> Shared Folders -> Click on the green Plus on the right side)
# create mount point mkdir /media/host; # mounts the shared folder DATA mount -t vboxsf name_of_share /media/host; # if you want allow non-root users to mount host's share # mount for access for non-root users # find out what uid/gid user has cat /etc/passwd|grep username; chown -R 1004:1004 /media/host mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1004,gid=1004 vms /media/host
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