A metapackage, that creates a folder /mnt/shared with chmod 777, adds a group "vboxsf", adds user "user" to group "vboxsf". Facilitates auto-mounting of shared folders.
Currently only helps using shared folders with VirtualBox a bit easier (as in requiring fewer manual steps from the user). Might in future make use of other virtual machine's shared folders easier.
1. Download Whonix's Signing Key.
wget https://www.whonix.org/patrick.asc
Users can check Whonix Signing Key for better security.
2. Add Whonix's signing key.
sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whonix.gpg add ~/patrick.asc
3. Add Whonix's APT repository.
echo "deb https://deb.whonix.org buster main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list
4. Update your package lists.
sudo apt-get update
5. Install shared-folder-help
.
sudo apt-get install shared-folder-help
Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:
dpkg-buildpackage -b
See instructions. (Replace package-name
with the actual name of this package.)
shared-folder-help
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