shares file handling problem (Windows XP host, Ubuntu guest)

[maik12]

Since a few days I try to solve the following annoying shares problem when using vbox under a Windows XP host and an Ubuntu (8.04) guest: the renaming and/or the overwriting of files does not work in many cases.

gedit: cannot save a file (that lives in a shared directory) if a file with this name exists alreday.. Error message: "Could not save the file <file>"

nautilus: cannot copy/move a file from a non-share directory to share-directory where a file with this name exists alreday. Error message: "Error renaming temporary file: Text file busy"

However, the creation of new files and directories does work. Moreover, xemacs or gftp work properly.

I tried several variants in the fstab, but the symptoms are the same. The mount command (alternatively fstab) look as follows:
sudo mount -t vboxsf -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw user /mnt/windows/user
user /mnt/windows/user vboxsf uid=1000,gid=1000,rw 0 0

Thanks in advance for every hint!

[Sasquatch]

It's a known problem with Gedit and Nautilus. Use other applications like Abiword and PCmanFM.

[acharseth]

This is still a problem with Ubuntu 9.04.
Does anyone know which bug ID for gedit and Nautilus this has so I can check the status, vote to fix or anything else to get this fixed?

Arne

[Sasquatch]

Bug ticket from where, VB or Gnome? You can find either of them using the search trick in the Forum Posting Guide. You just need a different site filter.