hello
i have a centos guest on VM virtual box on Windows. i can configure a eth0 network connection. But how can i connect to the filesystems of this centos guest.
hope anyone has a gues.

samba maybe (so M$Win can see your CentOS fs on .vdi)
bridged vbox net (nat would req port forwarding)

thanks but i cannot even ping this vbox.

Don't use nat; do you know how to change it to bridged? http://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com...Box+Networking

Samba "option two" here.

Oh, and you may need some specific CentOS fw/SEL stuff (Idk)

1 more thot: get putty (Win ssh) into vbox working 1st. There's sshfs but Idk it.

Just add another virtual interface, perhaps a host only interface, for communication between host and guest.

There are other ways, but the host-only network is easy and built into VBOX, you only have to turn it on.

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What is it exactly that you want to be able to do to the guest from the host?

By default, VBox will use a NAT adapter. In order to ge the VM on your LAN, you will need to switch to using a "bridged" adapter, which will require shutting down the VM and making the appropriate changes in VM--Settings-->Network-->Adapter. Once the VM in within your LAN, you can connect to it just as if it were a distinct computer.

As a caution, be sure to configure the VM security settings (firewall, etc.) just as if the VM were its own computer; otherwise it can become a vector for intrusion.

You can also create a shared folder between the host and the VM within VBox, if you have VB Guest Additions installed. https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch...#sharedfolders

thanks but when is select "host only adapter" , i need to select a name, and nothing popsup.
i have a "virtual" eth0 running on that linux machine.

to see if you can connect it to transfer files and install some packages.

hi Frank thanks for your information.
when i try to switch to a "bridged adapter , the linux server claims that there is no adapter configured. There is a ethernet eth0 running but that is not what it should be?
reg Frans-jan

It's easy to get into the host from the guest. Just create a "shared folder" to the host partition. My preferred method is to have all my data on a separate data partition. That way all my OSs (I've got 5 installed) and all my VMs can access all the data. And if I have to reinstall or restore a Clonezilla image, I don't have to worry about data.