I need to access windows text files when running linux via virtualization.
 

I am running Ubuntu linux through VMware Player virtualization from a Windows 7 box and was wandering if there was a way that I could access text files that are located in the Windows file system C:\User\

Basically when I would like to be free to use either OS to modify the same files.

Thank you in advance.

If you have a network connection, you could use the windows folder shares...

I'm not sure if you need smbclient or some different software for that, just google for how to use/install cifs filesystem in ubuntu

Open console, and type

The first line create the directory /mnt/windows
the second line mounts the device "//windowshostname/share" (of course, you must specify those, example: //MyPC/Users ; if you have administrative shares on, you can use //MyPC/C$ to get access to the whole C: drive) as a cifs filesystem to the directory /mnt/windows with the given options (of course, you must also specify those)
Example of this line: now, you have acces to your windows machine in /mnt/windows, but you need root priveleges to write to it.


To get access from windows to your linux (if you really want that ;), you must either setup a samba server, or an ftp server (samba would be better for windows access, ftp is less pain). You'll find out about both in the ubuntu wiki.

VMWare allows you to set up shared folders to share files with the host or other VMs.

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/do...d_folders.html

I've done this with VirtualBox and it works quite nicely.

Good find, I appreciate this but I am using the free VMWare Player, Not the Workstation. I don't think the VMWare player has this capability.
I tried the mount command as suggested above but that did not work out for me. I think when I have some time I will check out VirtualBox.

thank you guys.

VirtualBox definitely enables folder sharing between the VM and the host. I've done it.