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Hello! Will someone please tell me where I am going wrong in my steps? I am using a FRESH Ubuntu 8.10 (not even updates), the VBOX GUI, iptables rules flushed, and all CLI commands are ran from a non-root user account...

1. create xp from iso (created new virtual disk)
2. close out VirtualBox GUI
3. run user@ubuntu:~$ VBoxManage setextradata "xp2" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/web/GuestPort" 81
4. run user@ubuntu:~$ VBoxManage setextradata "xp2" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/web/HostPort" 81
5. run user@ubuntu:~$ VBoxManage setextradata "xp2" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/web/Protocol" TCP
6. output of VBoxManage getextradata "xp2" enumerate

Key: GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime, Value: yes
Key: GUI/LastWindowPostion, Value: 1647,371,640,527
Key: GUI/Fullscreen, Value: off
Key: GUI/Seamless, Value: off
Key: GUI/AutoresizeGuest, Value: on
Key: VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/web/GuestPort, Value: 81
Key: VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/web/HostPort, Value: 81
Key: VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/web/Protocol, Value: TCP

7. start VBOX GUI and verify xp vm settings are NAT
8. Start xp VM
9. VirtualBox error - failed to start vm xp2

NAT#0: configuration error: failed to set up redirection of 81 to 10.0.2.15:81. Probably a conflict with existing services or other rules (VERR_NAT_REDIR_SETUP).
Unknown error creating VM (VERR_NAT_REDIR_SETUP).


Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}

I think I'm doing what the white papers say. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks...

In Linux, a non-root user can't open ports below 1024. Why do you think they give the example of mapping port 22 to 2222, and not just 22, or 222?

Please refer to the user manual section 6.4.3. In short: A host port < 1024 will not work on Linux hosts. Just use another port >= 1024 on the host side and your VM will start fine.

Hi guys, thanks so much for helping me with this.

Changed host port to 1025, guest port to 8080:

(same error)
NAT#0: configuration error: failed to set up redirection of 1025 to 10.0.2.15:8080. Probably a conflict with existing services or other rules (VERR_NAT_REDIR_SETUP).
Unknown error creating VM (VERR_NAT_REDIR_SETUP).


Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {e3c6d4a1-a935-47ca-b16d-f9e9c496e53e}

I actually got the same error as before when trying the 22 to 2222 example after googleing, so I left mapping 81 to 81 in my original post, which was wrong. Sorry.

Any information I can give you guys to shed some more light on the issue?
Thanks again

Check your <machine>.xml file and remove any port forwarding rules, then execute this: Make sure that there isn't a service already listening to port 8080 like a local proxy on the Host.

Sasquatch, thanks for your help again! I was able to find what I was looking for.

thx ,this help me .