Virtualbox shared folder permissions

Add yourself to the vboxsf group within the guest VM.

Solution 1

Run sudo adduser $USER vboxsf from terminal.
(On Suse it's sudo usermod --append --groups vboxsf $USER)

To take effect you should log out and then log in, or you may need to reboot.

Solution 2

Edit the file /etc/group (you will need root privileges). Look for the line vboxsf:x:999 and add at the end :yourusername -- use this solution if you don't have sudo.

To take effect you should log out and then log in, or you may need to reboot.

Try this (on the guest machine. i.e. the OS running in the Virtual box):

sudo adduser your-user vboxsf

Now reboot the OS running in the virtual box.