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jthack
2016-04-08, 00:02
I have a kali-rolling vm that I am setting up. Host is a mac using virtualbox. I booted into it with the iso. 64-bit debian setup. I installed it on the virtual harddisk and then updated. The first thing I like to fix is the resolution so I followed the kali docs instructions. apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 and rebooted. The resolution fixed, but shared folders and shared clipboard doesnt work.

Any troubleshooting ideas? I apt-get removed the guest additions and then installed them again. Same problem.

I don't think it's a host problem. I had a previous kali vm that I deleted because I hadn't allocated enough diskspace. It had both shared folders and shared clipboard working.

jthack
2016-04-09, 00:04
Solution found here: https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?30167-Problem-getting-Share-Folders-and-Copy-amp-Paste-on-Kali-Rolling-Virtualbox&highlight=shared%20folder