Alexey I was using the fstab auto-mount method for two reasons : - To choose the mount point on the guest - I tought there would be no difference from the virtualbox auto-mount method
However, I just tried as you said, and the permissions/ownership are different when using virtualbox auto-mount. It worked perfectly for me by using the following additional commands from the guest: $ sudo VBoxControl guestproperty set "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/SharedFolders/MountPrefix" "" $ sudo VBoxControl guestproperty set "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/SharedFolders/MountDir" "$HOME" $ sudo usermod -aG vboxsf `whoami` In the end it was even better, since it overrides the default ntfs-3g permissions(777). Thanks for your help On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Alexey Eromenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't complicate things. > > 1. Use Vbox SF "Auto-mount" > 2. In Linux guest - add user to 'vboxsf' group. > 3. If the folder in host OS is writable, it will become same in guest > OS - so check permissions in host OS first ! > > -- > -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
