vboxwebsrv: error: failed to open password file

[Ben.Hahlen]

When trying to start my VBox Web Service with the command

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 su - vbox -c "/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxwebsrv -background -F /var/log/vbox.log"

I get the following message

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Oracle VM VirtualBox web service Version 4.2.0
(C) 2007-2012 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.
vboxwebsrv: error: failed to open password file (ckground, VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)

My /etc/default/virtualbox looks like:

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VBOXWEB_USER=vbox
VBOXWEB_HOST=192.168.10.5
VBOXWEB_LOGFILE=/var/log/vbox.log

What is the problem here? Is anyone else experiencing this?

[Ben.Hahlen]

Anyone? No-one?

[ss7ware]

Hello,

See that yuo have a typo in the command at the background argument.
it is --background or -b

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[root@yatebts ~]# /usr/lib64/virtualbox/vboxwebsrv --help
Oracle VM VirtualBox web service Version 5.1.22
(C) 2007-2017 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

Usage: vboxwebsrv [options]

Supported options (default values in brackets):
--help, -h:            Print this help message and exit.
--background, -b:      Run in background (daemon mode).

[socratis]

ss7ware,
Your enthusiasm is really appreciated, but please check the post dates. The original post is from 2012, and I seriously doubt that the OP is still around, or still facing the same ongoing issue for 7 years...

Locking this, returning it back to the land of the dead.