VirtualBox

Opened 12 years ago

Closed 12 years ago

#9710 closed defect (wontfix)

[feature-request] VBOXSF: Please remove requirement to add users to 'vboxsf' group for auto-mounted folders — at Version 6

Reported by: Technologov Owned by:
Component: shared folders Version: VirtualBox 4.1.4
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: Linux Host type: other

Description (last modified by Frank Mehnert)

Hi,

Host: VBox 4.1.4 on any host OS (and all previous versions)

Guest: any Linux (and possibly UNIX)

Currently you require all users (except 'root') to be part of 'vboxsf' group in order to use VBOXSF. Please remove this requirement for auto-mounted shared folders. Auto-mounted shared folders are usually used by normal Home users, not some Linux admins, and this creates lots of problems for normal home Linux users, such as my father.

-Technologov, 6.10.2011.

Change History (6)

comment:1 by Michael Thayer, 12 years ago

I'm slightly confused about this. Groups are the usual UNIX mechanism for giving users access to what they need, so surely you should just be adding your father to the vboxsf group. Unless you have some complex multi-user situation with this particular virtual machine, but then again, one of the points of virtual machines is that you can have a higher ratio machines to users than with physical ones.

comment:2 by Technologov, 12 years ago

My main idea is that for simple cases we need simple solutions -- so using SF with auto-mount basically intended for Home Users. So default case could be less secure.

Linux admins, whom need extra security, can use manual mount and use /etc/fstab to configure this extra security.

-Technologov

comment:3 by Michael Thayer, 12 years ago

And you don't feel that adding a user to a group is a simple solution?

comment:4 by Technologov, 12 years ago

For home user, not really.

comment:5 by Perry G, 12 years ago

You need this for security. IMHO, Making it un-secure for everyone to benefit a few is not the direction to go.

comment:6 by Frank Mehnert, 12 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed
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