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[87075] | 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage checkmediumpwd
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[96300] | 4 | -->
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[82044] | 26 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 27 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
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| 28 | <!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
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| 29 | %all.entities;
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| 30 | ]>
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| 31 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-checkmediumpwd" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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[94202] | 33 | <pubdate>$Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $</pubdate>
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[82044] | 34 | <title>VBoxManage checkmediumpwd</title>
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| 35 | </refentryinfo>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refmeta>
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| 38 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-checkmediumpwd</refentrytitle>
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| 39 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 40 | </refmeta>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <refnamediv>
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| 43 | <refname>VBoxManage-checkmediumpwd</refname>
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| 44 | <refpurpose>check encryption password on a DEK-encrypted medium or a disk image</refpurpose>
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[94202] | 45 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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[82044] | 46 | </refnamediv>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 49 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-checkmediumpwd">
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| 50 | <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 51 | <command>VBoxManage checkmediumpwd</command>
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| 52 | <group choice="req">
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| 53 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 54 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
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| 55 | </group>
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| 56 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>password-file</replaceable></arg>
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| 57 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 58 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 59 |
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[99513] | 60 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-checkmediumpwd-description">
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[82044] | 61 | <title>Description</title>
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| 62 | <para>
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| 63 | The <command>VBoxManage checkmediumpwd</command> command checks
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| 64 | the current encryption password on a DEK-encrypted medium or a
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| 65 | disk image. See <xref linkend="diskencryption-encryption" />.
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | The command response indicates if the specified password is
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| 69 | correct.
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 | <variablelist>
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| 72 | <varlistentry>
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[99155] | 73 | <term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
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[82044] | 74 | <listitem><para>
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| 75 | Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or the
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| 76 | absolute path name of the medium or image.
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| 77 | </para></listitem>
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| 78 | </varlistentry>
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| 79 | <varlistentry>
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| 80 | <term><replaceable>password-file</replaceable></term>
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| 81 | <listitem><para>
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[94202] | 82 | Specifies the password to check. The password
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| 83 | can be the absolute path name of a password file
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[82044] | 84 | on the host OS or the dash character (<literal>-</literal>)
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| 85 | to prompt you for the password on the command line.
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| 86 | </para></listitem>
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| 87 | </varlistentry>
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| 88 | </variablelist>
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| 89 | </refsect1>
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| 90 |
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[99513] | 91 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-checkmediumpwd-examples">
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[82044] | 92 | <title>Examples</title>
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| 93 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
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| 94 | <para>
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| 95 | The following example checks the encryption password for the
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| 96 | <filename>ol7u4-1.vdi</filename> disk image. The password
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[94202] | 97 | is contained in a file called <filename>pwfile</filename>.
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[82044] | 98 | </para>
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | The command returns a message indicating that the specified
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| 101 | password is correct.
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 | <screen>$ VBoxManage checkmediumpwd "$HOME/VirtualBox VMs/ol7u4/ol7u4-1.vdi" /home/user/pwfile
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| 104 | The given password is correct</screen>
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| 105 | </refsect1>
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| 106 |
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[99513] | 107 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-checkmediumpwd-see-also">
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[82044] | 108 | <title>See Also</title>
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| 109 | <para>
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| 110 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-encryptmedium" />
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| 111 | </para>
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| 112 | </refsect1>
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| 113 | </refentry>
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