ActiveState perl GetUNCName doesn't return Windows UNC path => Fixed in SVN/3.0.8

[paulg_ca]

I have run into what I think is a bug, I am starting to use VirtualBox to test Windows XP deployments and the software we use is written in perl and it makes a call to Win32::NetResource::GetUNCName() which should return the UNC name when it is given a network drive letter. Unfortunately it fails within the VirtualBox hosted guest OS.

I tried with ActivePerl 5.8.9.826 and 5.10.0.1005 and I get the same results.

Here are the results.

Real Windows XP SP3 C:\>Z:\testunc2.pl Calling GetUNCName z: success $ret = \pcserver\homes

VirutalBox Windows XP SP3 C:\>Z:\testunc2.pl Calling GetUNCName z: $ret = Unable to GetUNCName for z:: The network name cannot be found at y:\testunc2.pl line 21.

I have attached a test perl script.

Products Involved VirtualBox 3.0.4 Host OS: OpenSolaris 2009.06 Guest OS: Windows XP SP3 Perl: ActiveState 5.8.9.826 and 5.10.0.1005 Deployment software: Unattended ( http://unattended.sourceforge.net/)

[paulg_ca]

test perl script

[paulg_ca]

VirtualBox log file

[paulg_ca]

I am not sure if the problem is is with VB, ActivePerl, but here is the ActiveState bug id link
 http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=84368

[paulg_ca]

An update from activestate.com :
Bug report moved to the Win32::NetResource ticket queue:
 http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49081[[BR]]

I'll close the bug here; all further updates should take place on RT.
I suspect that this is an issue with VirtualBox that cannot be solved in the module.

[paulg_ca]

I just test VB 3.0.6 and the problem is still there[[BR]] Anyone have any clue on how to work around this issue ?

[sunlover]

This was a bug in VBox guest additions. Please try fixed additions:  http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VBoxGuestAdditions-r52183.iso

[paulg_ca]

I tested VBoxGuestAdditions-r52183 and it worked! This is great news!, Thank You! I assume this will be officially fixed in 3.0.7.