VirtualBox

Ticket #3340 (new defect)

Opened 9 months ago

Last modified 2 weeks ago

Shared folder file creation/deletion not permitted on sub-folders, WinXP SP3 Guest

Reported by: ariel Assigned to:
Priority: major Component: shared folders
Version: VirtualBox 2.1.2 Keywords:
Cc: Guest type: Windows
Host type: Linux

Description

Shared folder issues with Virtualbox 2.1.2 running in a ubuntu 8.10 box, with a WinXP SP3 guest.

The guest can access the shared folder: it shows up in "My Network Neighbourhood" and it shows as \\VBOXSVR\MYFOLDER

Using the File Explorer in the guest, I can select files, and do Copy/Paste to obtain a copy of the file. I can delete files with no issue.

However, when attempting to do the same in a sub-folder (e.g.: in \\VBOXSVR\MYFOLDER\MISC), then I get an error message:

"Cannot copy file: cannot read from the source file or disk"

or if I attempt to delete a file I get:

"Cannot delete file: cannot read from the source file or disk"

I can edit files in sub-folders with no problems. I just can not do file operations on them.

In Linux, the folder I am sharing is in an EXT3 partition. I double checked Permissions and they look all right and they look the same for the root of the folder and its sub-folders:

/media/sda6/MYFOLDER: drwxrwx---

/media/sda6/MYFOLDER/MISC: drwxrwx---

Note: if I map the shared folder to a Drive (say X:), the same problem occurs (but the error messages are slighly different).

I believe this started happening with VBox 2.0

Attachments

VBox.log (61.1 kB) - added by antonio.guadagnin on 2009-03-23 09:43:33.

Change History

2009-02-18 15:32:00 changed by frank

Do I understand you correct that you can edit+save file in a subfolder but not copy/remove them? The permissions you showed look correct so far. What is your umask on the host? And please could you attach a VBox.log file of such a session when you tried such file operations which failed on a subfolder?

2009-03-23 09:04:00 changed by frank

antonio, I have deleted your last comment as it was completely screwed up. Please could you use the Attach button to attach VBox.log files?

2009-03-23 09:43:33 changed by antonio.guadagnin

  • attachment VBox.log added.

2009-03-23 09:52:12 changed by antonio.guadagnin

I confirm the problem in subfolders of shared folders - Virtualbox on OpensSuse? 11.0 host with winXP SP3 guest.
In root folder of a shared folder all operations are permitted ( create, copy, paste, edit+save, delete).
In subfolders only create and edit+save are ok.
Copy is slow.
Paste is possible after some attempts with windows pupup error.
Delete never.

2009-10-16 18:41:34 changed by gregdavisfromnj

I am using VirtualBox 3.0.8 with an upgraded additions in my guest and I see same problem. Windows Vista Business Host, XP Pro SP3 Guest.

Using a Linux guest like Kubuntu, and the vboxsf filesystem there, I don't have this problem. In fact, I can navigate to the same file I can't delete in the XP guest, and delete it in the Kubuntu guest. So it doesn't seem like the problem has to do with the host filesystem. Also, the path plus filename length is not that long so I don't think it is a matter of path length restrictions in Windows.

2009-11-10 19:37:24 changed by daban1

Same problems on VirtualBox 3.0.10 on OSX running XP SP2. Root folder of share works fine. Sub folders allow new and saving edits, but error out on delete.

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