[NotAnIssue] Access shared folder

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matvrix007
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[NotAnIssue] Access shared folder

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Having mounted a shared folder

CSP on /media/sf_CSP type vboxsf (gid=492, rw)

I can't create/write to the shared folder..

[jani@linux sf_CSP]$ touch one
touch: cannot touch `one': Read-only file system
[jani@linux sf_CSP]$ sudo touch one
touch: cannot touch `one': Read-only file system

[root@jani-linux ~]# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),492(vboxsf),500(ovdcusers)

[root@jani-linux ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6 (Santiago)

mac : EL Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31)

virtualbox - 5.1
MBP:admin mac$ /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage -v
5.1.6r110634

Wondering how to troubleshoot this..
Last edited by socratis on 7. Oct 2016, 16:10, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Marked as [NotAnIssue] in the title.
socratis
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Re: Access shared folder

Post by socratis »

Did you use the automount feature of VirtualBox, or did you create a script in your guest? Was this thing working? You're the second person reporting some sort of problem with shared folders on a Mac today. Please post a ZIPPED VBox.log:
  1. Start the VM. Not from a saved or suspended state. Clean start.
  2. Take the steps required to generate/observe the error.
  3. Shut down the VM. Not suspended, not paused. Complete shut down.
  4. Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager. Select "Show Log..."
  5. Save it (just the first log), ZIP it and attach it in your response (see the "Upload attachment" at the bottom of the form).
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
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matvrix007
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Re: Access shared folder

Post by matvrix007 »

Sorry to have wasted your time. I had mounted in the read-only mode..Analysed the logs and remounted it.

00:00:01.172233 Host path '/Volumes/32Lex/CSP', map name 'CSP', read-only, automount=true, create_symlinks=false, missing=false
matvrix007
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Re: Access shared folder

Post by matvrix007 »

Please close this case.
socratis
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Re: [NotAnIssue] Access shared folder

Post by socratis »

That's why I wanted to take a look at the logs. Glad you found it. Noted in the title as [NotAnIssue].
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Pyrog
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Re: [NotAnIssue] Access shared folder

Post by Pyrog »

Same "issue".
Stop guest, restart it and the shared folder is mounted automatically :)

Thank you too for the tutorial about the log.
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