VirtualBox

Opened 8 years ago

#16091 new defect

Update to manual, section 9.31.3:command to enter a password for headless encrypted guests.

Reported by: scottgus1bug Owned by:
Component: documentation Version:
Keywords: headless encrypted guest password vboxmanage command Cc:
Guest type: all Host type: all

Description

The command listed is:

VBoxManage controlvm "uuid|vmname" addencpassword "id" "password" [--removeonsuspend "yes|no"]

To me and another user or three (https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=69251) the "password" seems to imply that one should type the password in the command line.

However the section 8 VboxManage controlvm addencpassword instructions say the command is:

addencpassword <id> <password file>|- [--removeonsuspend <yes|no>]

If one wants to type the password one puts the hyphen in the command line, like this:

addencpassword <id> -

and the command line asks for the password separately.

I suspect the command in section 9.31.3 should read the same as section 8, like this:

VBoxManage controlvm "uuid|vmname" addencpassword "id" <password file>|- [--removeonsuspend "yes|no"]

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