VirtualBox shared folders access fails in headless mode

[ophiry@…]

I'm using a VBOx VM (Windows 7 Embedded Guest, Windows 7 Host) that attempts to access files on a shared folder.

When running in GUI mode everything works fine. When running in headless mode the shared folders are unenviable ( I get "The network path was not found")

the following also doesn't help:

• setting the machine for autologin mode
• using vboxmanage to add a shared folder

[ophiry@…]

Some more details:

• the simplest method to verify this error is by telneting to the VM and issuing a dir command
• I'm working with UNC paths - so it's not a mount (net use) issue
• after connecting to the VM using VRDE the folders become visible, and stay visible after VRDE client termination (but reappear after boot)
• vboxcontrol sharedfolders list does show the expected list of share folders

[Frank Mehnert]

Please attach the VBox.log file from that VM.

[ophiry@…]

added VBox.log

the first attempt (that failed) to access the shared folder was done at about 1:30 after the machine booted and logged on. the attempt was to initiate a telnet connection, and issue a dir command.

at about 3:50 an RDP connection was initiated. I browsed to the shared folder using windows explorer. later I retried to access the shared folder using telnet, this time the dir command worked as expected.

[aeichner]

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.