On 3 Sep 2024 15:05 -0000, from users@lists.libvirt.org (Mulloch94--- via Users):

mkdir ~/shared

chmod 777 ~/shared

Went to VirtManager enabled shared memory, added FileSystem with driver virtiofs. My source path to find the folder was /home/username/shared and the target path was /mnt/shared.

Upon booting the virtual machine everything seemed to work. I found the folder where it should be, only there was nothing in it. And on the host there was files I had already placed in the folder. So this is where I'm at now.

I'm not certain, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if there is a permissions issue at play here. Yes, you set the specific directory to 0777; but that says nothing about ~ or any of its parent directories. Try placing one in some world-readable location; say, /tmp/shared; share that into the VM; and see if you get different results. And while the VM is running, try placing something in it which you can look for outside the VM. Is the directory writable from within the VM? Also, is that VM inside your user session or the system session? -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”