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| 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage setproperty
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| 30 | ]>
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| 31 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-setproperty" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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| 33 | <pubdate>$Date: 2024-09-16 14:03:52 +0000 (Mon, 16 Sep 2024) $</pubdate>
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| 34 | <title>VBoxManage setproperty</title>
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| 35 | </refentryinfo>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refmeta>
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| 38 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-setproperty</refentrytitle>
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| 39 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 40 | </refmeta>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <refnamediv>
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| 43 | <refname>VBoxManage-setproperty</refname>
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| 44 | <refpurpose>change global settings</refpurpose>
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| 45 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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| 46 | </refnamediv>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 49 | <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 50 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-setproperty">
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| 51 | <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command>
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| 52 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>property-name</replaceable></arg>
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| 53 | <arg choice="req"><replaceable>property-value</replaceable></arg>
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| 54 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 55 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-setproperty-description">
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| 58 | <title>Description</title>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | The <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command> command enables you
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| 61 | to change global settings that affect the entire &product-name;
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| 62 | installation. Some of these settings correspond to the settings in
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| 63 | the <emphasis role="bold">Preferences</emphasis> dialog in the
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| 64 | VirtualBox Manager.
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | The following properties are available:
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | <variablelist>
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| 70 | <varlistentry>
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| 71 | <term><literal>autostartdbpath</literal></term>
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| 72 | <listitem><para>
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| 73 | Specifies the path to the autostart database. Valid values
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| 74 | are <literal>null</literal>, which disables the autostart
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| 75 | database, or the name of the folder that contains the
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| 76 | database. See <xref linkend="autostart" />.
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| 77 | </para></listitem>
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| 78 | </varlistentry>
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| 79 | <varlistentry>
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| 80 | <term><literal>defaultfrontend</literal></term>
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| 81 | <listitem><para>
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| 82 | Specifies the global default VM frontend. Valid values are
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| 83 | <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
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| 84 | frontend, or the name of the frontend to use.
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| 85 | </para></listitem>
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| 86 | </varlistentry>
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| 87 | <varlistentry>
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| 88 | <term><literal>hwvirtexclusive</literal></term>
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| 89 | <listitem><para>
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| 90 | Specifies whether &product-name; makes exclusive use of the
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| 91 | Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization extensions of
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| 92 | the host system's processor. See <xref linkend="hwvirt" />.
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| 93 | </para><para>
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| 94 | Valid values are as follows:
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| 95 | </para><itemizedlist>
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| 96 | <listitem><para>
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| 97 | <literal>on</literal> enables &product-name; to make
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| 98 | exclusive use of these extensions. This is the default
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| 99 | value.
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| 100 | </para></listitem>
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| 101 | <listitem><para>
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| 102 | <literal>off</literal> shares these extensions with
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| 103 | other hypervisors that run simultaneously. Note that
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| 104 | sharing these extensions has negative performance
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| 105 | implications.
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| 106 | </para></listitem>
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| 107 | </itemizedlist></listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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| 109 | <varlistentry>
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| 110 | <term><literal>language</literal></term>
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| 111 | <listitem><para>
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| 112 | Specifies the user language used to translate API messages.
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| 113 | Valid values are <literal>C</literal>, which means no
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| 114 | translation or a language code in the form of either
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| 115 | <literal>ll</literal> or <literal>ll_CC</literal>, where
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| 116 | <literal>ll</literal> is an ISO 639 two-letter language code and
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| 117 | <literal>CC</literal> an ISO 3166 two-letter country code. For
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| 118 | example, for Greek in Greece, <literal>ll</literal> is <literal>el</literal>,
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| 119 | and <literal>CC</literal> is <literal>GR</literal>.
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| 120 | </para></listitem>
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| 121 | </varlistentry>
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| 122 | <varlistentry>
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| 123 | <term><literal>logginglevel</literal></term>
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| 124 | <listitem><para>
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| 125 | Specifies the VBoxSVC release logging details. See
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| 126 | <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VBoxLogging" />.
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| 127 | </para></listitem>
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| 128 | </varlistentry>
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| 129 | <varlistentry>
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| 130 | <term><literal>loghistorycount</literal></term>
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| 131 | <listitem><para>
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| 132 | Specifies the number of rotated VM logs to retain.
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| 133 | </para></listitem>
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| 134 | </varlistentry>
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| 135 | <varlistentry>
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| 136 | <term><literal>machinefolder</literal></term>
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| 137 | <listitem><para>
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| 138 | Specifies the default folder in which virtual machine (VM)
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| 139 | definitions are stored. Valid values are
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| 140 | <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
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| 141 | storage folder, or the name of the folder to use. See
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| 142 | <xref linkend="vboxconfigdata" />.
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| 143 | </para></listitem>
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| 144 | </varlistentry>
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| 145 | <varlistentry>
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| 146 | <term><literal>proxymode</literal></term>
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| 147 | <listitem><para>
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| 148 | Configures the mode for an HTTP proxy server. Valid values
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| 149 | are as follows:
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| 150 | </para><variablelist>
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| 151 | <varlistentry>
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| 152 | <term><literal>manual</literal></term>
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| 153 | <listitem><para>
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| 154 | Configure the URL of a HTTP proxy server manually,
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| 155 | using the <literal>proxyurl</literal> property value.
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| 156 | </para></listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 | <varlistentry>
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| 159 | <term><literal>noproxy</literal></term>
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| 160 | <listitem><para>
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| 161 | Do not use an HTTP proxy server. A direct connection
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| 162 | to the Internet is used.
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| 163 | </para></listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 | <varlistentry>
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| 166 | <term><literal>system</literal></term>
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| 167 | <listitem><para>
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| 168 | Detect the proxy settings automatically for the host
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| 169 | network. This is the default value.
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| 170 | </para></listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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| 172 | </variablelist></listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 | <varlistentry>
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| 175 | <term><literal>proxyurl</literal></term>
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| 176 | <listitem><para>
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| 177 | Specifies the URL for an HTTP proxy server when you specify
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| 178 | a manual proxy by setting the <literal>proxymode</literal>
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| 179 | property to <literal>manual</literal>.
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| 180 | </para></listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 | <varlistentry>
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| 183 | <term><literal>vrdeauthlibrary</literal></term>
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| 184 | <listitem><para>
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| 185 | Specifies which library to use when external authentication
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| 186 | has been configured for a particular VM. Valid values are
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| 187 | <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
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| 188 | library, or the name of the library to use. See
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| 189 | <xref linkend="vbox-auth" />.
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| 190 | </para></listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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| 192 | <varlistentry>
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| 193 | <term><literal>vrdeextpack</literal></term>
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| 194 | <listitem><para>
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| 195 | Specifies the library that implements the VirtualBox Remote
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| 196 | Desktop Extension (RDE). Valid values are
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| 197 | <literal>null</literal>, which disables the RDE, or the name
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| 198 | of the library to use.
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| 199 | </para></listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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| 201 | <varlistentry>
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| 202 | <term><literal>websrvauthlibrary</literal></term>
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| 203 | <listitem><para>
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| 204 | Specifies which library the web service uses to authenticate
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| 205 | users. Valid values are <literal>default</literal>, which
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| 206 | specifies the default library, <literal>null</literal>,
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| 207 | which disables authentication, or the name of the library to
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| 208 | use. For information about the &product-name; web service,
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| 209 | see <xref linkend="VirtualBoxAPI" />.
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| 210 | </para></listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 | </variablelist>
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| 213 | </refsect1>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-setproperty-examples">
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| 216 | <title>Examples</title>
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| 217 | <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
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| 218 | <para>
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| 219 | The following command configures &product-name; to use the
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| 220 | specified HTTP proxy server.
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| 221 | </para>
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| 222 | <screen>$ VBoxManage setproperty proxymode manual
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| 223 | $ VBoxManage setproperty proxyurl "http://myproxy.com:8080"</screen>
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| 224 | </refsect1>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-setproperty-see-also">
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| 227 | <title>See Also</title>
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | <xref linkend="vboxmanage-startvm" />
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| 230 | </para>
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| 231 | </refsect1>
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| 232 | </refentry>
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