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07-06-2012, 04:10 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2012
Posts: 2
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Connecting to Windows
I am running Ubuntu in a VirtualBox, I have successfully connected to my network so I can access the internet. However I would like to pass some picture files from one to the other, but even though I can see the Windows drive in Ubuntu I can't access the drive? I have enabled File & Printer sharing on the Windows PC. Any Ideas? By the way I am very new to Linux.
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07-06-2012, 04:32 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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the easiest way to share between linux and windows is to use winscp under windows to connect to Linux over the ssh service which should already be runnihg.
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07-06-2012, 04:40 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2010
Location: Colorado
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS
Posts: 5,573
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VirtualBox lets you set up a folder on the host to share with the guest.
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07-07-2012, 03:50 AM
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Registered: Jun 2012
Location: USA
Distribution: Ubuntu
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In your setup for that OS in VirtualBox, enable shared folders, and pick a folder to share. You must have the guest additions installed for this to work.
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07-12-2012, 01:32 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2012
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Thanks, I got the shared folder to work. I downloaded WINSCP but hadn't a clue how to use it.
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07-12-2012, 02:41 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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winscp is painfully easy! It's a clicky flashy windows program, they're always easy!
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