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failed to setup loop device: Permission denied ?
# Mount the VMWare shared folder
$ vmhgfs-fuse ".host:/$(vmware-hgfsclient)" ~/Shared
# Mount the disk image
$ sudo mount -t ext3 -o loop ~/Shared/linux-ext3.img /mnt
mount: /home/dave/Shared/linux-ext3.img: failed to setup loop device: Permission denied
# Why??
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ddribin commented Feb 16, 2017

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