Sharing directory with virtual machine

[gerrietech]

I try to connect a directory a directory to my vm by adding a cd-rom device and selecting the directory i want to forward to the virtual machine. Hower if i start the virtual machine i get permissions denied error.
How do i fix this issue?

Code:

[EFAULT] internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2022-02-22T16:03:17.116141Z qemu-system-x86_64: -blockdev
{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/NVME/Files/UbuntuServer","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}: Could not open
'/mnt/NVME/Files/UbuntuServer': Permission denied

 

[sretalla]

Looks like this thread covers what's happening... no specific solution though...

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