Alito reinstalled using the VB repo: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads#Debian-basedLinuxdistributions

Seemingly can only be done (or is easiest) through the GUI.

No need to install any desktop packages.

Select bridged mode for bidirectional access to the LAN.

Edit /etc/network/interfaces for a static IP:

  allow-hotplug eth0
  iface eth0 inet static
   address 10.0.0.14
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   gateway 10.0.0.2
   dns-domain local
   dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8

Then root@alito:/etc/network# ../init.d/networking restart (and get kicked off).

apt-get install cifs-utils

Create /etc/samba/credentials chmod 400 as root containing

username=samba_user
password=samba_password

and add to fstab

//10.0.0.1/slack  /alan  cifs  credentials=/etc/samba/credentials  0 0

cd /home
mv slack slack.old
ln -s /alan/alito slack

To reenable symlinks despite the security implications, edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

follow symlinks = yes
wide links = yes

And add the user if you're not using an existing one

smbpasswd -a slack

No longer downloaded as an .iso, download, open with VirtualBox and they are added to the controller. They can be installed to a specific machine firstly by inserting the imaginary iso in the imaginary drive (Devices –> Insert ISO into drive…) and then by running the executable in '/media/cdrom0' as root.

If you get

  root@alito:/media/cdrom0# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
  bash: ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: Permission denied

It's probably a fstab problem. In /etc/fstab, change this:

  /dev/sr0        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

To this:

  /dev/sr0        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,exec     0       0

and remount. You will also need to install “gcc, make, the header files for your Linux kernel and possibly perl”.

  apt-get install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r) perl

Then sort permissions

adduser vboxsf slack

and log out and in again. Rm /home/slack and ln it to /media/sf_whatever.

Install nfs-common nfs-kernel-server portmap.

Config in /etc/exports

/home/slack/alito  10.0.0.14(rw,subtree_check)

Restart with root@alan:/etc# init.d/nfs-kernel-server reload

Config in /etc/fstab

alan:/home/slack/alito  /home/slack  nfs  rw,user,auto  0  0