id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host
12776,Execution of  root/admin processes on Linux Guest FAILED,localhoster,,"I can't run the root process on guest via guestcontrol.

Example:
{{{
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage guestcontrol linux execute --wait-st
dout --username=test --password=123 --verbose --image /sbin/poweroff -- -p
}}}
'''
Opening guest session as user 'test' ...[[BR]]
Waiting for guest session to start ...[[BR]]
Guest session (ID 11) has been started[[BR]]
Starting guest process ...[[BR]]
Process '/sbin/poweroff' (PID 1848) started[[BR]]
Process terminated[[BR]]
Exit code=1 (Status=500 [successfully terminated])[[BR]]
Closing guest session ...[[BR]]
'''

And nothing happen! [[BR]]
User ""test"" in root and adm groups! [[BR]]
I also tried this:
{{{
 C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage guestcontrol linux execute --wait-stdout --username=test --password=123 --verbose --image /usr/bin/sudo -- poweroff -p
}}}
But result the same.[[BR]]
Tested with other superuser processes.[[BR]]

",defect,closed,guest control,VirtualBox 4.3.8,worksforme,"sbin, root, superuser",,Linux,all