Mount VirtualBox SharedFolder in Ubuntu VM at startup

Automatically mount shared folders with Virtual Box Manager

From Virtual Box > 4.0, we were able to automount shared folders in virtual machines . For this we have Ubuntu

• Requires guest additions to be installed in the guest OS
• Make sure the user is in the groupvboxsf
• Define shared folders from Virtual Box Manager

Right-click on your virtual machine and select Settings -> Shared Folders . This will list existing shares, or let you define a new shared folder by clicking on the blue folder icon with a green +-sign in the upper right corner :

Select your folder from the drop-down menu " Folder Path ", or select " Define Other " for the file chooser that lists the host's file system . Choose a name for the share (eg myshares ). By checking automount, the folder will always be mounted in the Ubuntu guest directory (the prefix will be added automatically)./media/sf_mysharessf_

Alternatively, to define a shared folder in a running guest OS, we can choose Devices -> Shared Folders from the Virtual Box Manager's window menu :

By ticking the permanent setting, these shared folders will also be available on the next boot and will be mounted when automount is additionally ticked .