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Hello,

I am using an intel macbook and am running Scientific Linux 4 in virtual box.

I managed to mount my mac filesystem in linux:

su -c "mount -t vboxsf -o uid=mhodgkin work /mnt/work"

but cannot create lockfiles:

lockfile: Try praying, giving up on "install_includes.lock"

which according to lockfile manual is a permissions problem. Also I cannot create symbolic links on the mounted mac filesystem. I am told:

creating symbolic link operation not permitted

Is there some option to pass to the mount command to fix both these issues or creating of symbolic links and lockfiles is not supportd by vboxsf filesystems?

Thanks,

Mark

I had the same problem. Host ubuntu 10.10 and I am using fedora on VirtualBox (4.1.4) .

Well in my case, I have fixed it by changing the lockfile application by renaming echo to lockfile. And it passed the check. As this is not a real solution, I guess you should "pray again" after this change.

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