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file sharing in virtualbox ose with ubuntu (host) and win7 (guest)

Asked by nathan

i just installed virtualbox ose from Ubuntu software center . . . i am using ubuntu10.10 (64-bit) as host OS . . . windows 7 (32-bit) is successfully installed as guest OS . . . i want to allow sharing of files between the Ubuntu host and win7 guest. how can i do it? if you can find me a link with step-by-step images that would be very helpful.

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Best mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

You have several options:

* It is possible simply to use "samba" (windows) file-sharing. If you install the "nautilus-share" package (I can't recall if this is installed by default or not), folders can be shared from nautilus by right clicking, and then accessed by the guest OS.

* Personally I use an SSH server running on the host OS, and in windows use the program "winscp" to connect to the server. An SSH server can be installed using "sudo aptitude install openssh-server", or by selecting openssh-server from the graphical program installer.

* You could install an ftp server on ubuntu and then connect to that from windows, using programs such as "filezilla".

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nathan (jonathan-envase) said : 		#2

thanks for the reply

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

You can also read VirtualBox manual, which has a shared disk functionality.