Folder shared by VMPlayer from Windows 7 to Leap is write only

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Short question:

A folder shared by VMPlayer from Windows 7 to Leap is write only. How can I delete files?

Long version:

host

  • host computer is running Windows 7 Home 64, 6.1.7601, SP1
  • share folder is D:\X , read-only perm is unchecked

player

  • VMPlayer version is 12.1.0 build 3272444
  • share is enable, read_only unchecked

guest

  • guest is SUSE Leap 42.1 (zypper dup's last week version)
  • folder is mounted as vmhgfs-fuse on /mnt/hgfs type fuse.vmhgfs-fuse (rw, nosuid, nodev, relatime, user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other)
  • files belong to root, although created by plain user
  • no entry in /etc/fstab

deleting files

  • from Windows, admin privilege is required, even though my account own them
  • from guest I can create files and overwrite the content, but I am unable to delete them (permission denied)
  • file perm set to 777

What permission/action do I need to be able to delete files from guest?

Archemar

Posted 2016-03-26T08:40:49.253

Reputation: 1 547

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