Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Main/glue/vboxapi.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Main/glue/vboxapi.py	(revision 59352)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Main/glue/vboxapi.py	(revision 59353)
@@ -1142,8 +1142,8 @@
         oSession = self.getSessionObject(self.vbox);
         if fPermitSharing:
-            type_ = self.constants.LockType_Shared
+            eType = self.constants.LockType_Shared
         else:
-            type_ = self.constants.LockType_Write
-        oIMachine.lockMachine(oSession, type_)
+            eType = self.constants.LockType_Write
+        oIMachine.lockMachine(oSession, eType)
         return oSession