vm created in gui cannot be run/configured in the cli

[supremedalek]

I am running vbox 3.0.12 PUEL and created a vm using the gui, VirtualBox,

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% VBoxManage list vms
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.12
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
[...]
"ubuntu2" {df9e037f-c34a-4efe-b1b6-b6c1330d41e8}
%

Now, let's say I want to do something to it, like enable vrdp (or run it using VBoxHeadless):

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sudo VBoxManage modifyvm "ubuntu2" --vrdpport 14001 --vrdp on --vrdpauthtype external
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.0.12
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

ERROR: Could not find a registered machine named 'ubuntu2'
Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: "FindMachine(Bstr(a->argv[0]), machine.asOutParam())" at line 863 of file VBoxManageModifyVM.cpp

Why is it reporting ubuntu2 does not exist?

[vbox4me2]

You are doing things with 2 different users, the second one does not know the VM's from the first.

[supremedalek]

Thanks for the answer. I should have been paying attention more.