Re: [tlug] Representing a blank space in an address

[Stuart Luppescu <pixbuf@example.com>]

I assume you tried escaping the space characters with backslashs?

On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM CL <cr.lipton@example.com> wrote:

Thanks to Tuesday's late afternoon "guerilla rain" I am left with an unintended consequence that I can't immediately solve using the recommended fix due to an addressing issue I created.  We had one of those overhead lightning bolts that makes the cat's fur stand on end and all of the power to suddenly stop.  When I restarted my Linux desktop, I received the following message from VirtualBox:

Runtime error opening '/media/onk-01/kubuntu_data/Current/home/onk-01/VirtualBox VMs/WIN 11/WIN 11/WIN 11.vbox' for reading VERR_ACCESS_DENIED (Access denied.).

/home/vbox/tinderbox/build-VBox-7.1/svn/src/VBox/Main/src-server/MachineImpl.cpp[984] (nsresult Machine::i_registeredInit()).

Result Code:	NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:	MachineWrap
Interface:	IMachine {e36a5081-a82a-40bd-9e4e-42a44d6ce50f}

According to the VirtualBox site, the fix (if rebooting doesn't reset the open process that got left open in the crash) is to reset from the command line:

sudo chmod 777 -R (VBox file address)

Except, when I run this, the output truncates at the spaces in the location address.  Is there a way to represent the spaces in the address in a way that can be read by the process?
I've tried replacing the spaces with underlines with no success, and editing the directory and filenames to eliminate the spaces doesn't give joy either.

VirtualBox 7.1 on Kubuntu 25.04 host with a WIN 11 guest.  Until Tuesday, I had no setup issues.  I am wondering whether the path of least headaches would be to erase the current setup and remount the disk in a new machine.

I feel as though the answer is lurking in the shadows, but I am not seeing it.

TIA for advice.

CL

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