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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 /mnt/samba -o user=<user>,pass=<password>

The ``<user>`` and the ``<password>`` must be real user on the host machine. I
am not sure whether it is the user owning the shared directory or the one
started the QEMU process, but in my case it always the same user and I put it's
credentials and it works.

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

.. admonition:: TODO

   Describe how to mount the shared directory by creating an entry in
   ``/etc/fstab``.

.. admonition:: TODO

   Describe how to mount the shared folder from a Windows guest

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