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Hi,

On my ubuntu guest hosted on Windows 8 running Virtual Box 4.2.4, I am trying to perform :
sudo mknod <SHARED_FOLDER>/dev/fd3 b 1 2

And this is what i get:
mknod: `<SHARED_FOLDER>/dev/fd3': Operation not permitted.

I am able to read/write/execute on this. I am also able to create symlinks in the shared folder by using:
VBoxManage setextradata VM_NAME VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/SHARE_NAME 1

However, the mknod fails.

I assume this might have been disabled by default in virtualbox for safety concerns. However, is there a way i can enable it? My builds heavily depend on this mknod in the shared folder.


Thanks in advance.

Why do you think that's a VirtualBox problem at all? Why not a general problem with file/folder attributes in a virtual (network) folder?