Mount VirtualBox SharedFolder in Ubuntu VM on boot

I have a Ubuntu VM running in VirtualBox.
I have a Shared Folder set up as myshare I have a folder created in my home directory (~/jamesw) as host. using the line sudo mount -t vboxsf myshare host from my home directory in Terminal mounts the drive correctly, but if I reboot it is not mounted again.

This is a VM I use for running a simple web server and I would like this Share mounted each time I boot. Is there any way to do this? Especially given that it requires sudo?

Auto-mount shared folders using Virtual Box Manager

From Virtual Box > 4.0 we are able to auto mount shared folders in a virtual machine. To do so for Ubuntu we

• need to install Guest Additions in the guest OS
• make sure users are in group vboxsf
• define shared folders from the Virtual Box Manager

Right click on your virtual machine and choose Settings->Shared Folders. This will list existing shares or lets you define a new shared folde by clicking on the blue folder icon with the green +-sign on the top right side:

Choose your folder from the dropdown menu Folder path or choose Define other for a file selector that lists the host filesystem. Choose a name for the share (e.g. myshares). By ticking Auto-mount this folder will always be mounted in the Ubuntu guest directory /media/sf_myshares (the prefix sf_ will automatically be added).

Alternatively, to define shared folders in a running guest OS we may select Devices -> Shared Folders from the window menu of Virtual Box Manager:

By ticking Make Permanent these shared folders will also be available on the next boot and will be mounted when Auto-mount is ticked in addition.

I don't think use of /etc/fstab will work (it didn't work for me) because that file is processed before the SF module is loaded and will fail to mount the share, see HOWTO: Use Shared Folders 1.