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Docs: bugref:10705. The following commits from doc's team git repo has been applied:
ae80a681fb1658b2e20ff12a36588811c14dfe67 Updated description of network types
4779d5f23ada981651803eb1ab029ae19f3394db Added - Shared Folders can't be used on Arm VMs running Windows
42ff285f84faa143fc53a3678b1a28a0cae68705 Started minor updates to security section
5bb1fe545161ec7211b842952221dee2021a6645 Fixed spacing
86c3d9a9eb8c807907fe3977b100712d8717a0bb Included Vadim's feedback
4117e15a9d3304ed6f011a45ad3d85b1783248bc Minor updates to security guide
67f46d035bca90c2bd0dc518456b5f4734a8f1da Updates from Vadim
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| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="additions-linux-install">
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| 4 | <title>Installing the Linux Guest Additions</title>
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>To install the guest additions:</p>
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| 8 | <ol>
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| 9 | <li>
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| 10 | <p>Prepare your guest system for building external kernel modules. Follow the steps in <xref href="externalkernelmodules.dita#externalkernelmodules"/>, on your Linux VM instead of on a Linux host system.</p>
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| 11 | </li>
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| 12 | <li>
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| 13 | <p>Insert the <filepath>VBoxGuestAdditions.iso</filepath> CD file into your Linux guest's virtual CD-ROM drive. See <xref href="guestadd-install.dita"/>.</p>
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| 14 | </li>
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| 15 | <li>
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| 16 | <p>Change to the directory where your CD-ROM drive is mounted and run the following command as root:</p>
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| 17 | <pre xml:space="preserve">sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run</pre>
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| 18 | </li>
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| 19 | <li>
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| 20 | <p>If you suspect that something has gone wrong, check that your VM is set up correctly and run the following command as root:<pre xml:space="preserve">rcvboxadd setup</pre></p>
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| 21 | <p>To check if drivers were loaded, and the versions of the loaded drivers match the installation version of the Guest Additions, run the following command as root: <pre xml:space="preserve">rcvboxadd status-kernel</pre>To check if the VBoxService is running, run the following command as root: <pre xml:space="preserve">rcvboxadd status-user</pre></p>
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| 22 | </li>
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| 23 | </ol>
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| 24 | </body>
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| 26 | </topic>
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