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vboxwrapper: create the 'virtualbox home directory' in the project dir #6018

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vboxwrapper: create the 'virtualbox home directory' in the project dir #6018

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vboxwrapper: actually create the 'virtualbox home directory'
davidpanderson Jan 22, 2025
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vboxwrapper: put log directory (.VirtualBox) in project dir
davidpanderson Jan 24, 2025
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vboxwrapper: put .VirtualBox in the BOINC data dir, not the project dir.
davidpanderson Jan 24, 2025
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41 changes: 24 additions & 17 deletions samples/vboxwrapper/vbox_vboxmanage.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -101,31 +101,38 @@ int VBOX_VM::initialize() {
#endif

// Determine the 'VirtualBox home directory'.
// NOTE: I'm not sure this is relevant; see
// We run VboxSVC.exe here, and look for its log file here.
//
// See
// https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualization/virtualbox/6.1/admin/TechnicalBackground.html#3.1.3.-Summary-of-Configuration-Data-Locations

// Check if specified by environment variable
//
if (getenv("VBOX_USER_HOME")) {
virtualbox_home_directory = getenv("VBOX_USER_HOME");
char *p = getenv("VBOX_USER_HOME");
if (p) {
virtualbox_home_directory = p;
} else {
// If the override environment variable isn't specified then
// it is based of the current users HOME directory.
const char *home;
// If not then make one in the BOINC data directory.
// Note: in a sandboxed config we're running as user 'boinc_project'.
// This user doesn't have write access to the (real user) home dir.
//
virtualbox_home_directory = aid.boinc_dir;
virtualbox_home_directory += "/.VirtualBox";

// create if not there already
boinc_mkdir(virtualbox_home_directory.c_str());

// set env var telling VBox where to put log file
#ifdef _WIN32
home = getenv("USERPROFILE");
if (home == NULL) {
vboxlog_msg("no USERPROFILE - exiting");
exit(1);
if (!SetEnvironmentVariable("VBOX_USER_HOME", const_cast<char*>(virtualbox_home_directory.c_str()))) {
vboxlog_msg("Failed to modify the search path.");
}
#elif __APPLE__
home = "/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data";
#else
home = getenv("HOME");
if (home == NULL) {
home = getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir;
// putenv does not copy its input buffer, so we must use setenv
if (setenv("VBOX_USER_HOME", const_cast<char*>(virtualbox_home_directory.c_str()), 1)) {
vboxlog_msg("Failed to modify the VBOX_USER_HOME path.");
}
#endif
virtualbox_home_directory = home;
virtualbox_home_directory += "/.VirtualBox";
}

#ifdef _WIN32
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