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#5105 obsolete Open file in guest by guest additions Dominic Battre
Description

I would like to suggest a feature to open files in a guest system.

Motivation:
Suppose you run a Linux host environment with a mail client and receive a .docx file that shall be opened in MS Office in a virtual machine. The workflow today would be:

  1. save file in temporary directory [host system]
  2. open explorer [guest]
  3. navigate to temporary directory [guest]
  4. open file [guest]

Proposal:
Offer an executable "open_in_vm" for the guest system. The user could then ask the mail client to "Open with..." -> "open_in_vm".
The "open_in_vm" executable would

  1. translate the local path into a shared path (/tmp/document.docx becomes \Vboxsrvroot\tmp\document.docx) and
  2. ask the guest addition in the VM to open \Vboxsrvroot\tmp\document.docx with the default executable as the user currently logged in

Possible Extensions:

  • if no VM is started, the "open_in_vm" executable could ask the user whether a VM should be started and which one
  • if several VMs are started, the "open_in_vm" executable could ask which one should open the file

I don't know how difficult it would be to implement this feature but I think it would be extremely useful. I did not find a feature request describing this behavior.

#6540 duplicate provided DHCP information wrong after update of network config on host during runtime Sandro Steger
Description

The nameservers provided through the DHCP-Server of VirtualBox don't update if the host DNS configuration changes during runtime of the guest.

In other words: On startup the guest gets the current nameservers as expected. Now the nameservers on the host change (after startup of the guest). If I attempt to update the nameservers using dhclient it will receive the old nameservers.

Such changes on the host might occur when a VPN connection is established, to name one example.

The closure and reopening of the guest refreshes the data. Rebooting doesn't suffice.

#15357 obsolete VNC Failure on 5.0.18 & 5.0.19 DonC
Description

I am running on a Windows 10 host with all of the patches. After upgrading to 5.0.18, when starting VNC in Oracle 7.2(4.1.12-32.2.3.el7uek.x86_64) all I get is the gray screen with the clipboard checkbox block on it.

It seems that VNC is starting another gnome session on the main display window rather than for the VNCSERVER. When I start the vncserver, the screen flashes and i am presented with a new gnome screen. If I max and resize the window, I get back the screen I was working with except the cursor looses where it really is. (about a half line off)

This works great in 5.0.16-105871 and that is the current workaround I am using.

I am using the TigerVNC Xvnc that comes with the distribution. I tried the 5.0.19 release and it fails under that release as well.

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