Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 3:04 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > I wonder if this is a potential attack vector? > > > > I don't think so as I believe it is done by one of the kernel modules and > > the requirement > > that the Guest Additions package needs to be installed on the guest. > > I mea

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2019-02-09 at 21:25 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2/9/19 8:15 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I wonder if this is a potential attack vector? > > I don't think so as I believe it is done by one of the kernel modules and the > requirement > that the Guest Additions package needs to be in

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2/9/19 8:15 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I wonder if this is a potential attack vector? I don't think so as I believe it is done by one of the kernel modules and the requirement that the Guest Additions package needs to be installed on the guest. -- Right: I dislike the default color sch

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2/9/19 8:24 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > Thanks for your answers, Patrick and Ed. I am now suspecting that the > cause the problem is not VirtualBox, but Windows 7, since there are > plenty of complaints on the Internet regarding file explorer > freezing... > > In my case, inside Windows, the shared

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:16 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > Of course your case may be completely different, but it's worth > > > checking your firewall settings just in case. > > > > I do not think the shared folder function of VirtualBox uses the network. > > I think you're right (I wonde

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2019-02-09 at 19:29 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2/9/19 6:00 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Of course your case may be completely different, but it's worth > > checking your firewall settings just in case. > > I do not think the shared folder function of VirtualBox uses the network.

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2/9/19 6:00 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Of course your case may be completely different, but it's worth > checking your firewall settings just in case. I do not think the shared folder function of VirtualBox uses the network. I see no traffic between host and guest if I accesses the share

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2019-02-09 at 00:38 +, Paul Smith wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:56 PM Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > > With the most recent versions of VirtualBox, the shared folder is not > > > working properly as before. > > > > > > My guest machine is running Windows 7, and the shared folder

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2/9/19 1:11 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > With the most recent versions of VirtualBox, the shared folder is not > working properly as before. > > My guest machine is running Windows 7, and the shared folder works > fine during some time. However, after some time, the connection to the >

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:56 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > With the most recent versions of VirtualBox, the shared folder is not > > working properly as before. > > > > My guest machine is running Windows 7, and the shared folder works > > fine during some time. However, after some time, th

Re: VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2019-02-08 at 17:11 +, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > With the most recent versions of VirtualBox, the shared folder is not > working properly as before. > > My guest machine is running Windows 7, and the shared folder works > fine during some time. However, after some time, the co

VirtualBox shared folder looses connection after a while

2019-02-08 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, With the most recent versions of VirtualBox, the shared folder is not working properly as before. My guest machine is running Windows 7, and the shared folder works fine during some time. However, after some time, the connection to the shared folder gets lost. Are other people experienc