id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
6512	Can't set file times or permissions from within Solaris guest on files in shared folder => fixed in SVN	foobar42		"Linux host, running ext3/ext4 (same behaviour for both), Solaris 10u8 guest,
mounted shared folder. If I use '`tar xpf`' to unpack a tar I get
{{{
tar: can't set time on <file>: Operation not applicable
tar: warning - file permissions have changed for <file> (are 0100600, should be 0755)
}}}
and using '`gtar xpf`' I get
{{{
gtar: <file>: Cannot utime: Operation not applicable
gtar: <file>: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-x: Operation not applicable
}}}

Running truss I see the same error for both:
{{{
<pid>:  futimesat(-3041965, ""<file>"", 0x08047A40) Err#89 ENOSYS
...
<pid>:  chmod(""<file>"", 0755)                     Err#89 ENOSYS
}}}

The tar/gtar completes, but with a non-zero exit code. And of course
just running '`chmod`' or '`touch`' fails with ENOSYS too.

This makes all sorts of scripts and operations fail, rendering the
shared folder pretty much unusable for anything except simple copying.
"	defect	closed	shared folders	VirtualBox 3.1.6	fixed			Solaris	Linux