Assertion failed while executing shell-script by "VBoxManage guestcontrol execute" command

[upokatik]

I use VirtualBox 3.2.4 installed on Microsoft Windows 7 host system and work under Mandriva 2010 Linux guest system with VBoxGuestAdditions3.2.4 installed. In Mandriva guest I have a self-created simple shell-script /home/user/ls.sh with the following contents:

/bin/ls

And when I try to run that script by executing VBoxManage guestcontrol execute command, I get an "Assertion Failed" message:

C:\Users\DIM>VBoxManage --nologo guestcontrol execute "Mandriva2010" "/home/user/ls.sh" --username user --verbose --wait-for stdout
Waiting for guest to start process ...
Process '/home/user/ls.sh' (PID: 3033) started
Waiting for process to exit ...

!!Assertion Failed!!
Expression: <none>
Location  : /mnt/tinderbox/add-3.2/src/VBox/Runtime/r3/posix/process-posix.cpp(396) int RTProcCreateEx(const char*, const char* const*, RTENVINTERNAL*, unsigned
 int, const RTHANDLE*, const RTHANDLE*, const RTHANDLE*, const char*, const char*, RTPROCESS*)
execve returns -1 errno=8


Process error details:
ERROR: Process terminated via signal with status '5'
Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component Guest, interface IGuest, callee

Exit code=5 (Status=3 [terminated by signal], Flags=0)

Script /home/user/ls.sh works fine if I execute it under Mandriva guest system.

Also, if I pass /bin/ls instead of /home/user/ls.sh as a <pathToProgram> parameter of VBoxManage guestcontrol execute command, it works correctly.

[Frank Mehnert]

That assertion means that the binary format cannot be properly parsed. This will work if you insert

#!/bin/sh

at the top of your shell script. Though we should improve the error message.