Opened 11 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
#11719 closed defect (fixed)
guestproperty set does not persist => Fixed in SVN
| Reported by: | Scott Hankin | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest control | Version: | VirtualBox 4.2.12 |
| Keywords: | guestproperty | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Setting a guestproperty does not persist between boots. This is a regression.
The Host is Windows 7. The Guest is Ubuntu 13.04 beta.
With the guest booted, I run
VBoxManage guestproperty set "<VM name>" /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/SharedFolders/MountDir <guest mount path>
I verify it has been set with "enumerate". I shutdown the VM.
After shutdown, the VM's vbox file contains a single line for guest properties:
<GuestProperties/>
unaltered by my set command. On booting, enumerate does not show the property.
This is a relatively new VM. On an older VM, whose vbox file shows a lits of GuestProperties, they are not updated. For example, /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/Version shows as 4.2.10 in the vbox file, but 4.2.12 when the guest is running and enumerate is run.
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Change History (10)
by , 11 years ago
| Attachment: | Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit beta.vbox added |
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follow-up: 2 comment:1 by , 11 years ago
Do other operations on the machines change the XML configuration files?
comment:2 by , 11 years ago
Replying to michael:
Do other operations on the machines change the XML configuration files?
Yes - if I add a directory to the Share Folders, for example, it is reflected in the XML file. I've only seen this problem with guest properties - only they seem to be unsaved.
comment:3 by , 11 years ago
I cannot reproduce this. I assume that your VM or the VBoxSVC daemon crashes during shutdown. Can you always reproduce this problem?
comment:4 by , 11 years ago
I can always reproduce this. Neither the VM nor VBoxSVC.exe crash during shutdown.
Is there anything I can provide to help with this?
comment:5 by , 11 years ago
Sorry for the confusion, now I can reproduce it as well. This problem will be fixed in the next maintenance release. Thank you for the report!
comment:6 by , 11 years ago
| Summary: | guestproperty set does not persist → guestproperty set does not persist => Fixed in SVN |
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It would be great if you could try this test build and could confirm that the problem is really fixed. Thank you!
comment:7 by , 11 years ago
Indeed it does - I now see GuestProperty lists in my .vbox file, and the changes I make persist. Thank you for fixing this!
vbox file after running getproperty set command