Error opening directory “/media/" Permission denied... virtualbox

I'm running Lubuntu on Virtualbox on a PC. I've shared a folder (via the Lubuntu menu) on my PC so that I can transfer files to and from my Lubuntu instance.

However, when I try opening it I get the following error:

Error opening directory “/media/sf_MOVIES_AND_SERIES”: Permission denied.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

1 Answer

Any ideas?

Check help

For Linux and Oracle Solaris guests, access is restricted to members of the group vboxsf

Add user to vboxsf group

sudo adduser <username> vboxsf