Cannot list folder items or run files on shared folder Virtualbox with Ubuntu installed

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  •  29-06-2023
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Question

I cannot list the items of a shared folder, on my Virtualbox with Ubuntu Server installed. I installed Guest Additions and shared my Windows folder like visualized here: enter image description here

After adding the folder I mounted the folder on Ubuntu using vboxsf. Everything went fine so far. Now, I can access the folder and the subfolders by refering to it (using the "cd" command), but I cannot list anything or run any file. Everytime I try to run a command, it stops doing anything (without showing any error or whatsoever), see screenshot below: enter image description here Same for listening the folders, it just stops doing anything: enter image description here

the windows folder is the shared folder with my files hosted on my Windows desktop. The strange part is, on my Virtualbox with CentOS installed everything works just fine.

Anyone who has a solution for this?

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Solution

Problem is fixed. I tried to reïnstall Guest Additions, but this time I was sure that I installed the software as "root" user. Now everything works fine!

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