id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 4890 "Linux guest, ""mv -f file1 file2"" fails on shared folder without write permissions on file2 (Windows hosts)" David "Test case: touch file1 file2 chmod a-w file2 mv -f file1 file2 On the guest disk, there is no message whatsoever and file2 is replaced by file1. This is the behavior I expect. On a shared folder pointing to a directory on the host's local hard disk drive, I get this error from the mv command and file1 remains: mv: cannot move `file1' to `file2': Operation not permitted When the shared folder is pointing to a network drive, I get this error from the mv command and file1 remains: mv: cannot move `file1' to `file2': File exists " defect reopened shared folders VirtualBox 3.2.10 Linux Windows