VirtualBox: Ubuntu Host and Ubuntu Guest. Where is my shared folder in the Guest?

Solution 1:

Yep, you just need to mount the directory manually. To do that, use mount -t vboxsf SHARENAME /path/to/where/to/mount.

SHARENAME depends on your shared folder, it is the name you entered into VirtualBox Shared Folders dialog.

/path/to/where/to/mount should ideally be inside your user directory (inside VBox). In my case, I use /home/evgeny-vbox/Documents.

EDIT: if you want it to be mounted at boot-time too, add this to your /etc/fstab:

SHARENAME /path/to/where/to/mount vboxsf defaults 0 0