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Enable copy-paste and file sharing between host and guest operating system

Enabling Copy and Paste

Step-1: Install Guest Edition

From top left corner got to Devices > Insert Guset Addition CD Image

Virtual CD will be mounted on /media/cdrom and you will get an autoprompt just click on run and enter your root user password.

If you don’t get that prompt just click on /media/cdrom that is mounted and you will get all the files and folders in side it just click on VBoxLinuxAdditions.run and run it as root.

Once the guest edition is installed just reboot and restart virtualbox.

Step-2: Enable shared clipboard

Again go to Devices > Shared Clipboard and choose Bidirectional.

Step-3: Enable drag and drop

Again go to Devices > Drag and Drop and choose Bidirectional.

That’s it we are done. Just try to copy and paste from guest os to host os and vice-versa and it should work perfectly fine.

Enabling Shared Folder

Step-1: Install Guest Edition

Same as above

Step-2: Create Shared Folder

• Go to Devices > Shared Folders > Shared Folder Settings.

• Click the + symbol to add a new shared folder.
• Specify a folder name added on host operating system select Auto-mount and Make Permanent
• Remember name of shared folder used on host operating system.

Step-3: View Shared Folder on guest operting system

$ sudo mkdir /media/shared-foler
$ sudo mount -t vboxsf yourfolderonhost  /media/shared-folder

Here yourfolderonhost is the foldername specified on host operating system(windows/mac)

Step-4: Run Scripts to automatically start shared folder on system start

$ /etc/init.d/rc.local

Step-5: Add yourself to vboxsf group

$ sudo adduser yourusername vboxsf

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