

The regular way of getting access to the files now, is to allow VirtualBox to automount the shared folder (which will make it show up under /media/sf_directory_name) and then to add your regular Ubuntu user to the vboxsf group (as root #). Please note that I am in the group vboxsf: id Tried to use /media/sf_Ubuntu, but getting permission error: ls -lĭrwxrwx- 1 root vboxsf 4096 15:35 sf_Ubuntuĭrwxrwx- 2 root vboxsf 4096 23:41 sf_vbox_sharedĭr-xr-xr-x 6 m m 2048 07:19 cd sf_Ubuntu/īash: cd: sf_Ubuntu/: Permission cd sf_vbox_shared/īash: cd: sf_vbox_shared/: Permission denied

The options in VM is automount and the readoly is not checked. Here is the output of ls -l : -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 19:17 BuildNotes.txtįilesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on How can I change the ownership to myself?

When I open any file in the share folder in Ubuntu, I can not change it as its owner is set to root. I am using Ubuntu on Virtual Box and I have a folder which is shared between the host (Windows) and the VM (Ubuntu).
