---
name: "mount.vboxsf"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "virtualbox-guest-utils"
version: "4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mount.vboxsf"
---

# mount.vboxsf(8)

x86 virtualization solution

## NAME

mount.vboxsf - x86 virtualization solution

## SYNOPSIS

**mount.vboxsf** \[*OPTIONS*\] *NAME MOUNTPOINT*

## DESCRIPTION

Mount the VirtualBox shared folder NAME from the host system to MOUNTPOINT.

- **-w**

  mount the shared folder writable (the default)

- **-r**

  mount the shared folder read-only

- **-n**

  do not create an mtab entry

**-o** OPTION\[,OPTION...\] use the mount options specified

### Available mount options are:

- rw

  mount writable (the default)

- ro

  mount read only

- uid=UID

  set the default file owner user id to UID

- gid=GID

  set the default file owner group id to GID

- ttl=TTL

  set the "time to live" to TID for the dentry

- dmode=MODE

  override the mode of all directories to (octal) MODE

- fmode=MODE

  override the mode of all regular files to (octal) MODE

- umask=UMASK

  set the umask to (octal) UMASK

- dmask=UMASK

  set the umask applied to directories only

- fmask=UMASK

  set the umask applied to regular files only

- iocharset CHARSET

  use the character set CHARSET for I/O operations (default set is utf8)

- convertcp CHARSET

  convert the folder name from CHARSET to utf8

### Less common used options:

-

  noexec,exec,nodev,dev,nosuid,suid