Sharing Folders in Linux lite guest

[kenmartin]

You can automate the starting of the service by doing the following

Open Terminal window
cd
leafpad .bashrc

Add the following lines to the end then save and quit. Exit shell by typing exit and re-open

systemctl | grep vboxadd-service.service >/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "It appears the vbox service is running..."
  echo " "
else
  echo "It appears the vbox service is NOT running. Must start it."
  sudo systemctl start vboxadd-service.service
  sudo systemctl enable vboxadd-service.service
  echo " "
  systemctl | grep vbox
  echo " "
fi

Now after a boot you will have to do this once.  Opening a
terminal session will not cause the service to start again.
The added code to .bashrc will take care of the rest.