Re: [HTCondor-users] VirtualBox: Guest user vs. Condor account!?!

[Ziliang Guo <ziliang@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

By default the user accounts used to run Condor jobs do not have a
registry loaded. If VBox is dependent on something in the user's hive,
then it'll probably fail. I would suggest adding

load_profile = True

into the submit file and see if that works.

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Rob <spamrefuse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to by-pass the VM universe, and use VirtualBox commands directly
> on a Windows XP pool PC, with the Vanilla universe and a DOS batch script that
> handles the necessary VirtualBox commands (the WIndows XP pool PC already
> has VirtualBox installed)
>
> As for now, I am only testing this idea and the DOS batch script just creates
> a headless virtual machine and then deletes it again.
>
>
> REM Start of DOS batch script
> REM create a VM
>
> "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" createvm --name condor --ostype Other --register
> REM remove the VM again
>
> "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" unregistervm condor --delete
> REM End of DOS batch script
>
>
> I walked over to the Windows XP machine and ran this DOS script as the "Guest" user.
> It worked just fine, so I assumed that then also Condor was allowed to execute the script.
> Here is the submit description file:
>
> universe = vanilla
>
> requirements = (target.Arch == "INTEL") && (target.OpSys == "WINDOWS")
> # this is the same DOS batch script as above
>
> executable = virtualbox.bat
> when_to_transfer_output = on_exit
>
> output = virtualbox.out
> log      = virtualbox.log
> error    = virutalbox.err
> notification = complete
>
> queue
>
>
> When I submit this job description, I get this in the error file:
>
> VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
> VBoxManage.exe: error: Code CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE (0x80080005) - Server execution failed (extended info not available)
> VBoxManage.exe: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start.
>
> (the output file remains empty).
>
> Does the error occur because Condor runs the batch script as an unprivileged user?
> If I can run the batch script as a "Guest" user, then why is it not possible for Condor
> to run the commands in the batch script?
>
>
> The Condor manual says:
>
> "Condor executes jobs on Windows using dedicated run accounts
> that have minimal access rights and privileges, and which are recreated
> for each new job."
>
> Is there a difference between Condor's "dedicated run account with minimal access rights"
> and the "Guest" account?
>
> I am very much puzzled here!
>
> Thank you!
>
> Rob.
>
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