Shared folder group ownership and /etc/fstab

Discussions related to using VirtualBox on Mac OS X hosts.
Post Reply
Dodge62
Posts: 5
Joined: 23. May 2018, 17:31

Shared folder group ownership and /etc/fstab

Post by Dodge62 »

I have a Linux client running on a MacOS host
(Oracle Linux 7.2, MacOS Big Sur 11.4)

If I have my shared folders auto-mounted, then the files all have a group of vboxsf

[oracle@localhost ~]$ ls -l /media/sf_Downloads/
-rwxrwx---. 1 root vboxsf 4615 Jul 6 16:12 country.json

However, I want to be able to mount/unmount them manually, and I have the following in /etc/fstab:
Downloads /mnt/Downloads vboxsf defaults 0 0

When I mount them that way, the files have a group of root:

-rw-r--rw-. 1 root root 106 Apr 11 2014 2048.txt

Is there something I can provide in the <options> section of fstab (currently "defaults") which will make the group vboxsf?
Dodge62
Posts: 5
Joined: 23. May 2018, 17:31

Re: Shared folder group ownership and /etc/fstab

Post by Dodge62 »

Solved it by changing the fstab entry to :
Downloads		/mnt/Downloads		vboxsf	uid=root,gid=vboxsf	0 0
Post Reply