Opened 13 years ago
Last modified 12 years ago
#9732 closed defect
Mounting shared folder automatically does not work — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | F Scheltens | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.4 |
| Keywords: | shared folder | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I am using windows 7 (64 bits) as a host system, and Linux Ubuntu (64 bits) as guest, latest version of Virtual box. I created a shared folder "Linuxfolder" in virtual box, and checked "mount automatically". I created a folder /home/username/Shared. I added the line to /etc/fstab: "Linuxfolder /home/username/Shared vboxsf defaults 0 0"
The problems i experienced with this were: -Unable to read the folder /media/sf_Linuxfolder (even after adding myself to the group vboxsf), insufficient rights.
-The folder /home/username/Shared was not mounted after booting. Mounting the folder manually DID work correctly.
Workaround: Unchecked the option to mount the shared folder automatically in virtualbox.
Effects:
- I was able to read the folder /media/sf_Linuxfolder
- The shared folder /home/username/Shared was properly mounted after boot.

