id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host 10437,Running shell script on guest cause process,pbartfai,,"When run shell script on the guest Linux using the following command will cause the shell process to crash into state: {{{ VBoxManage.exe guestcontrol Debian exec --username root --password xxx --verbose --wait-stdout --image ""/bin/sh"" -- -c ""export"" }}} Problem is experienced with both Guest Addition 4.1.10 & 4.1.12. Downgrading Guest Addition to 4.1.8 will fix the issue. Running VBoxService manually will generate the following logs: {{{ root@Debian:~#VBoxService -f -v VBoxService 4.1.12 r77245 (verbosity: 1) linux.x86 (Apr 3 2012 14:40:20) release log 00:00:00.001 main Log opened 2012-04-13T20:29:59.509047000Z 00:00:00.002 main OS Product: Linux 00:00:00.002 main OS Release: 2.6.32-5-686 00:00:00.002 main OS Version: #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 16:04:25 UTC 2012 00:00:00.002 main OS Service Pack: #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 16:04:25 UTC 2012 00:00:00.002 main Executable: /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.1.12/sbin/VBoxService 00:00:00.002 main Process ID: 8537 00:00:00.002 main Package type: LINUX_32BITS_GENERIC 00:00:00.014 main 4.1.12 r77245 started. Verbose level = 1 00:00:00.025 timesync VBoxServiceTimeSyncAdjust: adjtime by 551 305 000 ns 00:00:00.040 main All services started. 00:00:07.628 gctl1 Error: IPC request is invalid }}} Process list: {{{ UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 8554 2060 0 16:31 pts/0 00:00:00 VBoxService -f -v root 8565 8554 0 16:31 pts/0 00:00:00 [sh] }}}",defect,closed,guest control,VirtualBox 4.1.10,obsolete,,,Linux,Windows