Shared Folders / Vista Guest / Linux Host -> fixed in 1.6.2

[Stefan Becker]

I have noticed a Regression with Shared Folders in Vista Guests.

Host 1: Suse 10.3 64 Bit / VB OSE of 19.10.07, NAT Adapter Host 2: Suse 10.3 32 Bit / VB 1.52, Bridge

Guest: Vista Business, Driver AMD PC Net from Additions, Guest Additions in Version 1.5.2.

Shared Folders doesnt appear in Network Explorer.

"net use x: \vboxsvr\tmp" for Share "/tmp" gives the output;

"Systemerror 67. Networkname not found" (Translated from German).

A Samba Share, Printer via IPP, Scanner via SaneTawin and Internet in IE in same Guest are working without Problems.

In Version 1.4.0 same thing with Shared Folders was working. The Regression is since Version 1.5.0.

Do you need more informations?

[Stefan Becker]

Answer myself:

See Ticket #649, Post from 19.10.07:

Its a problem with Admin rights, Vista ACL.

You have to start a cmd-shell through the context menu / start as admin. Then "net use" command works, but with next reboot the connection isnt working again.

[Stefan Becker]

Correction: With "net use" as admin you cannot access folders as users.

But then you can delete the folder as admin and create i new as user.

Something stupid.

[Stefan Becker]

After disabling UAC through msconfig shared folders work.

[Calvin Mitchell]

have same problem:

Bug Report

Platform (Laptop): Dell Inspiron E1505 (Model MM061) Platform BIOS: A13 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 Ethernet Controller Broadcom BCM4401-B0 with wireless Video Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 Video BIOS: BK-ATI VER009.012.001.009.020855 Video Memory: 64MB Video Driver(xorg-driver-fglrx): Version 8.44.3 (X.org 7.2.0) Distro: Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) Linux Kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic xserver-xorg: 7.2-5ubuntu13 xserver-xorg-core: 1.3.0.0.dsfg-12ubuntu8 Kubuntu-Desktop: 1.59 KDE: 4.0.0 VirtualBox: 1.5.4-27034-Ubuntu_gutsy VirtualBox Guest: Windows Vista

[Stefan Becker]

Checked under Vista 32 / SP1.

Is working well now.

[Mike Benson]

I am having this problem with a Windows 7 guest on a Linux host with just upgraded Virtualbox 3.2.12. I am currently running the guest with UAC disabled to get it to work.

It all worked fine on 3.2.10. So the regression crept back in after that.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please reopen if still relevant with VBox 4.2.6.

[cscj01]

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 x64 and VirtualBox 4.3.34. My Vista SP2 Guest does not see the shared folder set up in Settings for the Guest.

The command "net use z: \vboxsvr\media\Data" returns "System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found."

If I use "net use z:
vboxsvr\media\Data", I get "System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not found."

[cscj01]

The double back slashes did not display in front of vboxsvr in the second command.

[cscj01]

I have found the issue, and it is not a problem in VirtualBox. Somehow, the wrong version of Guest Additions was installed. This should be closed.