8.27. VBoxManage setproperty

This command is used to change global settings which affect the entire VirtualBox installation. Some of these correspond to the settings in the "Global settings" dialog in the graphical user interface. The following properties are available:

machinefolder

This specifies the default folder in which virtual machine definitions are kept; see Section 10.1, “Where VirtualBox stores its files” for details.

hwvirtexclusive
vrdeauthlibrary

This specifies which library to use when "external" authentication has been selected for a particular virtual machine; see Section 7.1.5, “RDP authentication” for details.

websrvauthlibrary

This specifies which library the web service uses to authenticate users. For details about the VirtualBox web service, please refer to the separate VirtualBox SDK reference (see Chapter 11, VirtualBox programming interfaces).

vrdeextpack

This specifies which library implements the VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension.

loghistorycount

This selects how many rotated (old) VM logs are kept.

autostartdbpath

This selects the path to the autostart database. See Section 9.23, “Starting virtual machines during system boot”.

defaultfrontend

This selects the global default VM frontend setting. See Section 8.12, “VBoxManage startvm”.