Can't write to shared folders

[ussishkin]

Running W2K guest on Debian Sarge host. Set up shared folder /Data and assigned drive letter E: in guest. All subfolders and files are visible in Windows Explorer and readable. However, it is not possible to write to Network Drive E:; attempts return the error message "Access Denied".

Also, clipboard contents cannot be shared in either direction.

[Michael Thayer]

Re the clipboard contents, did you enable the shared clipboard for that guest, and did you try the clipboard (Ctrl-C, ctrl-V) in the host, rather than the middle-mouse-button X11 cut and paste?

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Is that folder really writable with your user id on the host?

[ussishkin]

Clipboard contents are enabled. Using Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V is of no help; I can't move clipboard contents from guest to host.

The folder in question is indeed writable on host.

Host bootlog shows following message: "Failed to create the interface vbox0 for <userid>". Could there be a problem with the way the program is installed on host?

[Michael Thayer]

Also, is the shared clipboard enabled for that guest, and does the guest have an up-to-date version of the guest additions on it? And have you tried with version 1.5.2 of VirtualBox?

[ussishkin]

Yes to all questions.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Try again with 1.6.0 and report back if it's still relevant. Thanks.