VERR_ACCESS_DENIED when creating images on network drive.

[arleslie]

I have a network drive mounted to my computer which stores all of the hardware drive images.

The drive is mounted as a network share on my Windows Desktop. I'm able to create files and modify them without any issues.

When attempting to create a virtual harddisk, VirtualBox Manager reports:

Could not create the medium storage unit 'Y:\VM Hdds\Web Server.vdi'.
VDI: cannot create image 'Y:\VM Hdds\Web Server.vdi' (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

Result Code: 
VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004)
Component: 
MediumWrap
Interface: 
IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda}

If I create the disk on my computer, move it over to the network drive, release the hard drive and reattach it, it works without any issues.

[arleslie]

When setting the Default Machine Folder to "Y:\VM Hdds" it has no issues creating the vbox files there.

[aeichner]

Please reopen if this is still an issue with a recent VirtualBox release and attach the VBoxSVC.log and add some information about the used remote share (network connection, whether it is served with samba or another Windows instance, etc.)