File-sharing between Host and Guest OS

[boglio]

I've got VirtualBox-2.1 ose installed on my ubuntu desktop and I'm using WindowsXP as the guest os.

I would like to be able to access files on my Host machine from the Virtual machine!

Is this possible?

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[bodhi.zazen]

IMO the easiest way is to use Samba. Samba should work out of the box between guest and host, use host only networking to increase security or use bridged networking.

[albinootje]

I've got VirtualBox-2.1 ose installed on my ubuntu desktop and I'm using WindowsXP as the guest os.

I would like to be able to access files on my Host machine from the Virtual machine!

Imho the easiest is the install openssh-server on the host, and then use WinSCP (http://winscp.sf.net) as client.
The ip-address would be 10.0.2.2 on your host, in case you're using
the default NAT network option for your guest VM in VirtualBox.

[HermanAB]

My favourite quick and dirty sharing tools are Proftpd and Filezilla. Note that Filezilla can also do SFTP to a SSH server. So ssh-server on Ubuntu and Filezilla on Windows is another easy way.

Cheers,

Herman

[bodhi.zazen]

Any network protocol (ssh, sshfs, Samba, NFS, FTP, http) will work and they are as easy to learn as are the "Shared Folders" feature of Virtualbox.

[kooldino]

Here's what i just did.

From the XP client, install Guest Additions.

Then under Devices, choose "Shared Folders".

Choose the appropriate folders.

Then under windows explorer, map a network drive and click "browse". Select from "Virtualbox shared folders".

The odd thing for me is the fact that my /home directory worked fine, but it I tried to share my /home/username directory, it refused connection. The interesting part is that I can access my /home/username directory if I simply mount the /home.

[boglio]

Thanks for the help guys, I've got things up and running!