Virtualbox restricted for school use

[AMS stagiair]

Hello,

I couldnt find a topic for this so im going to start a new one.
I want to use Virtualbox for students, so they can install a virtualmachine and download software and test this.
But i want to lock or hide some functions, so they cant change the network settings.
Is this even possible ?
Sorry for my bad english, still learning..
Thanks for the replies

[loukingjr]

I wouldn't think so. Not unless you compiled your own custom version.

[AMS stagiair]

what do you mean with a costum version ???

[loukingjr]

"custom"

As in downloading the source code, modifying it to suit your needs and compiling it yourself. Something requiring a certain level of expertise.

[AMS stagiair]

hmmmm i'm no expert with virtualbox, so i don't think this will work for me.....

[AMS stagiair]

Can this be done with another kind of virtualization software. that wil get this task done ?

[Perryg]

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#guitweaks

[loukingjr]

Looks like I missed part of the manual.

my apologies.

[AMS stagiair]

I already tried this, it doesnt work for me, maybe i am doing something wrong.

[Perryg]

Hard to say if you did something wrong or not from here. You would need to post what you did and the results of the message/s.

[AMS stagiair]

Ok I will do some tests over the weekend, and post my results on monday. Thank you guys for the support!

[scottgus1]

Keep in mind that if you're on a Windows host, you need to open a command window pointing at the folder containing the Vboxmanage.exe file for the Vboxmanage commands in the help file to work. The usual install location for Vboxmanage.exe is "C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox" On Windows 7 (and later I think) you can go to "C:\Program Files\Oracle", hold down Shift and right-click the "Virtualbox" folder, and choose "Open Command Window Here" to get the correctly-arranged command window.

[AMS stagiair]

Hello,

I used the following command's to edit the virtualbox manager and to restrict the machine but none of them seems to do anything.... here are the command's
''
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Custominations NoSelector

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Custominations NoMenuBar

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Custominations NoStatusBar

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata joske true

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Custominations NoStatusBar

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata joske true GUI/HideDetails

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata joske true GUI/PreventReconfiguration

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Restricted GlobalSettingsPages Network

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/Restricted GlobalSettingsPages Proxy

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>
''
the virtuallmachine is called ''joske''

[scottgus1]

"none of them seems to do anything"

What does this mean? Do you receive an error? Or does the command complete without any message?

[loukingjr]

Something to keep in mind, All guests need to be shutdown along with VirtualBox itself for the commands to work. At least that's how I remember it.