Share folder with mac guest on a linux ubuntu host

As per http://www.sysprobs.com/mac-os-guest-virtualbox-326-snow-leopard-1064-windows-7-32-bit

1. Set up Samba on your Ubuntu host file sharing (it should be easy now, I use edited smb.conf but I am sure there is a much easier way now).

2. On you mac guest, go>connect to network and enter smb://ip_of_your_host and then connect (either using guest or login/pass - depends on your Samba setup)

3. Create an alias na put it on desktop for easy use.

Had the same problem - solved it by installing a the "samba" server on Linux. Since then I am flawlessly able to access my folders. (Ok, it would be nicer to directly use VB's shared folder option ...)

System: Debian 6.0 Virtualbox: 4.1 Mac OS X: 10.6.6

According to the manual of VirtualBox, no Guest Additions for Mac OS X at this time. So the Shared Folder function is unavailable.

Solution

Like the @cpb and @sup gived. Using samba to serve your shared folder.

References

• Chapter 14. Known limitations, https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch14.html