At the risk of answering my own question, it seems that I am only able to set files as executable from within the Linux guest if they have Windows executable file extensions e.g. EXE or BAT. Is this a limitation of VBox shares from Windows host into Linux guest.
Laurence Harvey > I have a problem with making files executable if they are in a shared folder, which is causing me a lot of problems so I would appreciate any clues. > > My setup is Windows XP host with Fedora guest, and I have a shared folder from the host that is available in the guest using the command: > > VboxManage sharedfolder add "Fedora" -name SdkShare -hostpath "C:\SDK\uk\com" > > At Fedora I mount the share using: > mount -t vboxsf -o exec SdkShare /home/uk > > I cannot make any of the files in the shared folder tree executable using chmod 777, which does not return an error, but does not toggle the executable flag. > > I am the file owner, and logged in as root. _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
