shared folders can not be mount

[Alex175]

I use Linux Mint LMDE2 (Jessie) as Host with some Linux Guests.

Since VirtualBox 5.1.16 can shared folders not be mounted on the guests. Until Version 5.1.14 its well done. (5.1.18 don't work too)

I gone back to 5.1.14 and it works fine.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please retry with 5.1.18!

[Alex175]

I have retried with 5.1.18, but don't work!

Host - LMDE2 Betsy installed from virtualbox-5.1_5.1.18-114002~Debian~jessie_amd64.deb with Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.18-114002.vbox-extpack

Guest - LM18.1 x64, guest additions.

Back to 5.1.14 - it works again.

Sorry :(

[Alex175]

Replying to frank:

Please retry with 5.1.18!

don't work!

[sunlover]

You have to attach VBox.log from the VM where you have the problem with VirtualBox 5.1.18.

[Alex175]

Replying to sunlover:

You have to attach VBox.log from the VM where you have the problem with VirtualBox 5.1.18.

I have 2 arts of the shared folders - local in home directory and on the another disk, linked in an home directory as a symbolic link. I find out, the bag is only by the folders thet are symbolic links. Whis a folder theat I share is directly in the home directory it works. Whith a folder that is a symbolic link to another file system on an another drive it works with VirtualBox 5.1.14, but not with 5.1.16 or 5.1.18.

[Frank Mehnert]

That's indeed a regression from 5.1.16 / 5.1.18. The shared folder root directory on the host must not be a symlink. We might tighten this requirement but for now it would be possible it you just specify the target of the symbolic link as shared folder.