add the shared folder for virtual ubuntu 16.04 LTS

env

host: mac os
virtual box
virtual linux: ubuntu 16.04 LTS

share the folder to the virtual machine, ubuntu 16.04 LTS

steps

on virtual box, click ‘settings’->’shared folder’
MUST select ‘/Users/Shared’ as the shared folder on mac host

on ubuntu 16.04 LTS, must install the virtual box driver

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sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms

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sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=$UID,gid=$(id -g) Shared /mnt/

the shared folder is mounted ‘/mnt’ folder