I have a Debian guest OS, installed from the latest Debian net install image with a minimal install - no X server, running on a Zenwalk host. Guest Additions are installed. The command I am using to test guestcontrol execute is:
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VBoxManage guestcontrol bf2 execute --image "/usr/bin/touch" --username sean --password redacted --verbose -- /home/sean/test
This does not work. Yes, the sean account on the guest does have write permissions to /home/sean on the guest. I have also tried other commands with the same lack of results, but this seems the simplest test. I am using VB 4.2.8.
After I added "--verbose" to the command, I see "Waiting for guest to start process ...", and then I get the command prompt back right away. When I run "top" on the guest while executing the command, I see a process start for a second and then disappear. This process is owned by root and named VBoxService.