Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 11:38:21 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do you mount a Virtualbox shared folder? Group or permissions issue? Message-ID: <CA%2ByoEx_2dmMm1wf95s1ydfTQ5iCN9sH=akQYq5B1V=EdM7MtFA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKD0t1JEuNrzhsW5gx5Sz0Yrq_qnuPo_Dvz10SjJV7mQa7zAjQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKD0t1KrEhPG4--2f9J%2BcSVXdDp_JNv7Ztv0PG1eHdPC-NuUKg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKD0t1JEuNrzhsW5gx5Sz0Yrq_qnuPo_Dvz10SjJV7mQa7zAjQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 1:57 PM Nicholas Papadonis < nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone tested FreeBSD inclusive VirtualBox drivers with VirtualBox > 6.0? I looked on the manual page, however it is referencing Sun > Microsystems. Therefore I'm considering this manual page about 10 years > outdated. > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-guest-virtualbox.html > > Thank you > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 12:40 AM Nicholas Papadonis < > nick.papadonis.ml@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone know the procedure for a non-root user to gain access to > > Virtualbox shared folders? > > > > This was fairly straightforward in Debian, however I'm having challenges > > with FreeBSD. It looks like a group and permissions issue. In Debian, I > > simply created a group "vboxsf", added my unprivileged user to it, chgrp > > the mount folder and then mounted. I tried this in FreeBSD I used this > > procedure, however the group gets changed on the folder to "wheel" after > > mounting the shared folder. > > > > Your guidance appreciated. > > > > $ mkdir /mnt/srcr > > > > $ ls -ld /mnt/srcr > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root vboxsf 512 Nov 6 00:03 /mnt/srcr > > > > $ sudo mount -t vboxvfs Source /mnt/srcr > > > > $ ls -ld /mnt/srcr > > drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 576 Oct 14 21:45 /mnt/srcr > > > > $ whoami > > np > > $ pwd > > /mnt/srcr > > $ ls /mnt/src > > drwx------ 10 root wheel 320 Oct 14 21:35 X/ > > $ ls /mnt/src/X > > ls: X/: Permission denied > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Running VBox 6.0.8 on my desktop without problems. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!]
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