[SOLVED] Vbox GA SF_Downloads not populated

lattimro · 03-30-2022, 11:41 AM

VM guest: ASTRA-Linux

Just curious if somebody has the same issue and how this can be solved.
The shared_folders are created but they are empty on VM guest (obviously there are files on host).

Code:

root@astra:/media/sf_Downloads# ls -la
total 8
drwxrwx--- 2 root vboxsf 4096 Mar  2 12:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root   4096 Mar 30 11:46 ..
root@astra:/media/sf_Downloads#

In the GUI's File Manager there are no shared folders at all.

Note:
-prerequisites: headers, gcc, make, perl installed
-the GA installed with no errors
-<username> is in vboxsf Group. Rebooted.

It looks like the sfdownloads module is not loading. I reinstalled GA and issue persisted. There are no errors in vboxsetup.log

Screenshot attached

frankbell · 03-31-2022, 07:55 PM

What type of shared folders are you referring to: shared as in "network shares" or shared as in shared with the host?

In any event, in my experience, once user creates shared folders (of either type), it's up to user populate them with files.

If I am completely off the mark with what you are trying to accomplish, please set me straight.

lattimro · 08-27-2023, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

What type of shared folders are you referring to: shared as in "network shares" or shared as in shared with the host?

In any event, in my experience, once user creates shared folders (of either type), it's up to user populate them with files.

If I am completely off the mark with what you are trying to accomplish, please set me straight.

shared as in shared with the host. Teoretically you are correct. I thought I will find somebody with more experience on ASTRA as a VBox Guest. Thanks anyway!

michaelk · 08-27-2023, 08:04 AM

I would expect GA to work the same running Astra as any other guest.

Quote:

It looks like the sfdownloads module is not loading.

The module is vboxsf not sfdownloads. Did you actually add a shared folder in VBoxManager?

To manually mount the share run as root

mount -t vboxsf share_name /mnt/some_dir_name

The share_name can be different from the actual shared directory on the host. My preference is using /mnt but use whatever you want.

lattimro · 08-28-2023, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

I would expect GA to work the same running Astra as any other guest.

The module is vboxsf not sfdownloads. Did you actually add a shared folder in VBoxManager?

To manually mount the share run as root

mount -t vboxsf share_name /mnt/some_dir_name

The share_name can be different from the actual shared directory on the host. My preference is using /mnt but use whatever you want.

When you have GA module loaded in ASTRA, let me know please.

michaelk · 08-28-2023, 07:21 PM

Sorry, I am not going to install Astra.