Running latest Ubuntu on WinXP Host. Have done all the file sharing steps. Can read files from host to guest. Can create a new file in guest and store it on host. However, I get a failure message (in gedit) when I try to rewrite, i.e., save a modified file.
Checked the permissions in Ubuntu - all good to go.
Changed file sharing to allowed in WinXP -- made no difference.
Shared folder is mounted under Home/UserName.
No problem rewriting files wholly within the guest, just the shared one...
What am I missing???????
Can Read, Create, but not Rewrite Shared Files???
More on the no save allowed problem.
I found that I can 'save as' to a Ubuntu directory, and then use cp in a terminal window to copy the file to the shared directory, replacing the one there with the same name. This is just what gedit is supposed to do. But it can't and a command line can. I don't need to use sudo to do the overwrite with the command line....
Confused and bewildered.
Confused and bewildered.
Still an unsolved problem
Same problem with Ubuntu 8.
If I share a folder, and make sure the folder has all permissions for everybody, I still cannot use gedit to rewrite it. I can chmod until my eyes glaze over and still I cannot rewrite a file opened while it is inside the shared folder.
Saving files into the folder is no problem, but it is peculiar that editing doesn't work.
Running sudo gedit doesn't make any difference either.
Allowing the Windows shared file to be shared by all doesn't help either.
Please give me some suggestions on what to do to change this.
The syslog error message that happens when I try to rewrite is this:
vboxvfs: sf_rename vboxCallRename failed rc=-114
Anybody able to diagnose this?
If I share a folder, and make sure the folder has all permissions for everybody, I still cannot use gedit to rewrite it. I can chmod until my eyes glaze over and still I cannot rewrite a file opened while it is inside the shared folder.
Saving files into the folder is no problem, but it is peculiar that editing doesn't work.
Running sudo gedit doesn't make any difference either.
Allowing the Windows shared file to be shared by all doesn't help either.
Please give me some suggestions on what to do to change this.
The syslog error message that happens when I try to rewrite is this:
vboxvfs: sf_rename vboxCallRename failed rc=-114
Anybody able to diagnose this?