[Fixed] VBoxManage encryption cmd not working (#17905)

[AIla]

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ModEdit; related ticket: #17905: Minor typo in user manual section 8.26.

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Hi all,
I'm trying to encrypt VM disk by using a temporary file on disk. The file is simply made of a line with a password (I couldn't find any particular sintax to be used). The following command throws an error

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C:\Users\x>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe"  encryptmedium 4973def3-bd53-409d-ae1b-5fe29f56faa7 --newpassword C:\Temp\encrypt_passwd --cipher AES-AXTS256-PLAIN64 --newpasswordid test

C:\Users\x>"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" -v
5.2.12r122591
Based on Windows 10

Any idea on the root cause?

[socratis]

You didn't say what the error is. You need to give both the command and the output. "An error" can be a lot of things...

[Martin]

Looks like you found a typo in the Vbox Manual chapter 8.26.
There the cipher is spelled "AES-AXTS256-PLAIN64", but it should be "AES-XTS256-PLAIN64" like discribed in chapter 9.31.2

[mpack]

Hmm. I'll raise a bugtracker ticket for that.
Done: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17905

[socratis]

I'll notify the devs over IRC, chances are the fix will be in the tree within 5'. I don't think it's worth raising a ticket for an ... extra letter.

[AIla]

Thx
In case someone else encounter the same, this is the error

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Progress state: VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to encrypt hard disk
VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to load the encryption filter: (VERR_NOT_FOUND)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE (0x80bb0007), component MediumWrap, interface IMedium
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "enum RTEXITCODE __cdecl handleEncryptMedium(struct HandlerArg *)" at line 1890 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp

[socratis]

Hmm.... that's not what I expected the error to be. I'd expect something like "Wrong parameter", "Unknown option", or something like that.

In any event the ticket is now Closed, the fix is in and it will appear 99% in the next release 5.2.18, if everything goes according to plan. Marking as [Fixed].