Disable creation of Vbox.log files
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infinitenothing
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Disable creation of Vbox.log files
Hi, I was wondering how to disable the creation of Vbox.log files for privacy reasons. I didn't see any obvious preferences to control this.
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Perryg
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Re: Disable creation of Vbox.log files
Well you can try to set the LogHistoryCount="0" in the virtualbox.xml file, but you will have a problem if you need to file a bug report if you do not have a log to send them and also if you have a problem this is the best way to see what could be wrong. That and there really isn't any data that is in there that could bite you. Shoot I have mine set to 8 so I can track problems better. Oh by the way you will need to edit this on every install of VBox as it writes over it when you upgrade.
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infinitenothing
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Re: Disable creation of Vbox.log files
Thanks. I'll try that.Perryg wrote:Well you can try to set the LogHistoryCount="0" in the virtualbox.xml file, but you will have a problem if you need to file a bug report if you do not have a log to send them and also if you have a problem this is the best way to see what could be wrong. That and there really isn't any data that is in there that could bite you. Shoot I have mine set to 8 so I can track problems better. Oh by the way you will need to edit this on every install of VBox as it writes over it when you upgrade.
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infinitenothing
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Re: Disable creation of Vbox.log files
It appears that putting a 0 there is the same as putting a 1 there. The log file is still created and presumably unsafely destroyed.