Bug 927708

Summary: VirtualBox: auto-mount of shared folder is not working - /media & vboxsf group is missing
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution Reporter: Forgotten User TNZ_G7FiIv <forgotten_TNZ_G7FiIv>
Component: Virtualization:ToolsAssignee: Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: wbauer
Version: 13.2   
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Hardware: x86-64   
OS: Windows 7   
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Description Forgotten User TNZ_G7FiIv 2015-04-18 06:32:41 UTC 
Steps to Reproduce:
1) Create VM in VirtualBox on host and add a shared folder to the VM with auto-mount enabled.
2) Do a plain vanilla install of OpenSUSE 13.2 in the new VM with GNOME as desktop.

Actual Result:
VirtualBox additions are installed by default and are working, e.g. with regards to screen resolution or copy&paste, but auto-mount is not working: /media with shared folder is missing and vboxsf group is missing.

Expected Result:
Vboxsf group is available and shared folder is mounted in /media (or in any other location, as long as this is documented).

Additional Information:
Updating didn't solve the problem. The workaround would be to uninstall the VirtualBox additions installed by default, create the /media folder, install kernel-syms, kernel-source, make, gcc and then install the guest additions again, but via Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image.

I rated the issue as critical, as any average user will ditch OpenSUSE 5 minutes after installing it in VirtualBox and encountering this problem.
Comment 1 Tomáš Chvátal 2015-06-02 10:41:15 UTC 
Most of the problems about the groups should be now resolved. If the automount still not work please report for it separate issue.
Comment 2 Wolfgang Bauer 2015-09-01 18:11:16 UTC 
Auto-mount should work with this change:
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/328393
Comment 3 Bernhard Wiedemann 2015-09-17 18:00:31 UTC 
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (927708) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/331826 13.1 / virtualbox
Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2015-09-29 20:13:40 UTC 
openSUSE-RU-2015:1650-1: An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

Category: recommended (moderate)
Bug References: 927708
CVE References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE 13.1 (src):    virtualbox-4.2.32-2.43.1