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Programming API CopyFileFromHostToGuest( ) and CopyFileFromGuestToHost( ) Reset Permission Bits (2318633)

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The Programming API CopyFileFromHostToGuest( ) and CopyFileFromGuestToHost( ) functions do not preserve any permission bits when copying a file between host and guest. The permissions on the destination file are set to the owner's default values, which typically allow only read and write by the owner. For example, if the execute bit is set for the file owner on the Linux host, and you use CopyFileFromHostToGuest( ) to copy the file to a Linux guest, the copy in the guest has the execute bit cleared.

Solution

If you want to execute the file in the Linux guest, you need to use chmod after CopyFileFromHostToGuest( ).

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