On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:05:11 -0700 wes <p...@the-wes.com> dijo: >On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 10:13 AM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> >wrote: >> I'm having a terrible time getting the guest OS to see the shared >> folders that I specified in the setup for the Debian 12 machine.
>I have often had problems getting shared folders to work in vbox too. >I use network based file transfers instead. which type depends on the >situation. "sshfs" would be the closest to a shared folder, but might >be complex to set up for someone who is not super familiar with how to >use ssh. I seem to recall that you have used nfs in the past, which >would also be a good solution to this particular need. Yes, I did once spend a lot of time getting nfs working, but I could never successfully get it working, and eventually I gave up. Debian 12 works great at the internet. And your comment made me think of my two Synology diskstations. Just now, in Firefox on Debian I typed in the address, which popped up a login window, whereupon I logged in, et voilà! To hell with shared folders. Oracle can go suck eggs. :)
