id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
4853	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/)
"	defect	closed	network/hostif	VirtualBox 3.0.6	fixed			Windows	Solaris