Is my Shared Parallels Folder a Directory?

Question

On my VC Linux desktop there is a 'shared Parallels Folder' with a padlock icon on it. I have been trying for a few weeks to command Gnome Terminal to direct to it. It fails to recognise this folder as a directory.

I have tried quite a few commands eg,

cd Desktop/shared Parallels Folder

The response is no such directory. Is it to do with the padlock on the folder? I really don't know what to try next. I need to access files on my mac. Please help!

Did it work for you ? what is the name of the folder ? – nux May 20 '14 at 14:40 — nux, May 20 '14 at 14:40

Rinzwind · Answer 1 · 2014-05-20T14:39:38.273

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cd Desktop/shared Parallels probably needs to be cd ~/Desktop/shared and then {tab} to autocomplete (not sure if Folders is part of your directory)

A padlock also means: no permissions.

From command line:

You can check permissions with

cd ~/Desktop
ls -l|more

Watch out for "shared Parallels" and have a look at the colums left of it. There are 2 names (user and group). If they are not your name you can change it with:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER shared{tab}

{tab} to autocomplete.

chown changes user and group to your name. The -R does the same for any file found in "shared Parallels".

You can also do this from Nautilus:

Navigate to the folder. Rightclick it and choose "properties":

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Set the options here to your user with read+write. The "change permissions to enclosed files" is the same as the -R option explained above.

edited May 20 '14 at 14:39

answered May 20 '14 at 14:34

Rinzwind

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When in the properties of Shared Parallels Folder the permissions is owner: Root. Does this need changing? Also my user name has been from intial installation parallels@parallels-parallels, how can i change this? – Louise Avon May 20 '14 at 15:08
@LouiseAvon You might consider opening a separate question for this. – belacqua May 20 '14 at 15:21
Yes I think I will do. Thankyou – Louise Avon May 20 '14 at 15:21
@LouiseAvon yes! needs to be your user name. Easiest is to follow the commandline option I posted (you need the chown command ;) ) – Rinzwind May 20 '14 at 17:12

nux · Answer 2 · 2014-05-20T14:46:16.717

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You should use this command :

If its name shared Parallels Folder :

 cd ~/Desktop/shared\ Parallels\ Folder/

Cause directory name contains spaces

edited May 20 '14 at 14:46

answered May 20 '14 at 14:32

nux

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safer bet: add a {tab} in there :) The name is probably "shared Parallels Folder" – Rinzwind May 20 '14 at 14:44
Alternately, copy the folder name and put it in quotes. – belacqua May 20 '14 at 15:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 20 '14 at 14:45

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spaces in directory name may be creating problem try

 cd ~/Desktop/shared\ Parallels\ Folder/

edited May 20 '14 at 14:45

Avinash Raj

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Is my Shared Parallels Folder a Directory?

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