SOLVED Share directory in Virtualbox Freenas

[NasKar]

I have created a freenas install in virtualbox to use as a test enviornment on my windows 10 computer. Everything works great so I can experiment. Despite googling and watching youtube videos I'm unable to create a shared folder to import some data from the windows machine to the VB FN install.

Device/Install guest additions CD but nothing happens. Creating a windows share in the VB FN install gives "you might not have permission ..." error. I've tried setting the FN dir to 777 and in windows have tried the user/group of the FN install and also my windows 10 install.

BTW my network settings in the VB is bridged mode.
I'm lost and would appreciate any advice. Thanks

 

[Ericloewe]

You can't install anything in the base OS, that includes guest additions. If they're not included, and I think they're not, you can't do this.

Not sure why you'd want to, though, they're much messier than just using the network, as you would on a physical server.

 

[NasKar]

You can't install anything in the base OS, that includes guest additions. If they're not included, and I think they're not, you can't do this.

Not sure why you'd want to, though, they're much messier than just using the network, as you would on a physical server.

I get it, you can't use guest additions so that is why nothing happens.
Any idea why I can't access a windows share created on the virtual freenas in windows?
Shouldn't the user in windows be root and my root pw to login to freenas?

 

[Ericloewe]

Shouldn't the user in windows be root and my root pw to login to freenas?

tl;dr - no: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas-and-samba-smb-permissions-video.8/

Any idea why I can't access a windows share created on the virtual freenas in windows?

Is it a networking or a permissions problem?

 

[NasKar]

tl;dr - no: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas-and-samba-smb-permissions-video.8/

Thanks for the link. I probably watch it before but forgot some details when I first started with FN. What password did the users get assigned? I didn't notice one being set.

 

[Ericloewe]

What password did the users get assigned? I didn't notice one being set.

Their own passwords.

 

[NasKar]

I got it working. Not sure which of the things I did fixed it.
1)reboot
2)changing the SMB service settings to bind to the IP of the freenas VM
3)having 2 freenas installs (my main and virtual box) and trying to use the same root user/password for both IPs in windows was a problem. Setup a different user in the VM