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: | |
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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"]