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QEMU
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Exchange files with host using samba [#shared-folder]_
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When running QEMU, add the following options to the ``qemu-system-x86_64``
invocation command::

  -netdev user,smb="/path/to/shared/directory",id=mynet0 \
  -device e1000,netdev=mynet0 \

The shared directory can be mounted by a guest Linux machine like this::

  mount -t cifs //10.0.2.4/qemu <mountpoint> -o user=<user>,pass=<password>

The ``<user>`` and the ``<password>`` can be almost *anything* existing or not,
even nothing, you even can provide just ``-o user=,pass=``.

The ``-t cifs`` part might be optional if ``mount`` supports inferring file
system type.

To mount it via ``/etc/fstab`` add the following line to the file::

  //10.0.2.4/qemu <mountpoint> cifs user=<user>,pass=<password> 0 0

On Windows you can just enter the following address into explorer's address
bar, no authentication required::

  \\10.2.0.4\qemu

Overall it looks like this:

.. image:: windows-guest-explorer-exe-qemu-samba.png

.. [#shared-folder] `Shared folder between QEMU Windows guest and Linux host / stackexchange.com <https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/183609>`_