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Fix ubuntu unattended installation with guest additions #439

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Revert "Removing identity section and moving all related stuff to use…
ogayot Nov 6, 2025
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Main/UnattendedTemplates/debian_postinstall.sh: ensure the vboxsf gro…
ogayot Dec 15, 2025
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/debian_postinstall.sh
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Expand Up @@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ log_command_in_target /bin/bash "${MY_CHROOT_CDROM}/vboxadditions/@@VBOX_INSERT_
log_command_in_target /bin/bash -c "udevadm control --reload-rules" # GAs doesn't yet do this.
log_command_in_target /bin/bash -c "udevadm trigger" # (ditto)
MY_IGNORE_EXITCODE=
# Currently in Ubuntu, the vboxsf group does not exist when this script executes.
# But if it does in the future, the --force option will ensure the command
# still succeeds.
log_command_in_target groupadd --force --system vboxsf
log_command_in_target usermod -a -G vboxsf "@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN@@"
@@VBOX_COND_END@@

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21 changes: 7 additions & 14 deletions src/VBox/Main/UnattendedTemplates/ubuntu_autoinstall_user_data
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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ autoinstall:
keyboard:
layout: us

identity:
realname: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_FULL_NAME@@'
username: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN@@'
password: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_PASSWORD_SHACRYPT512@@'
hostname: '@@VBOX_INSERT_HOSTNAME_WITHOUT_DOMAIN@@'

shutdown: reboot

storage:
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# Additional cloud-init configuration affecting the target system can be supplied
# underneath a user-data section inside of autoinstall.
user-data:
hostname: '@@VBOX_INSERT_HOSTNAME_WITHOUT_DOMAIN@@'

users:
- name: root
primary_group: root
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passwd: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_PASSWORD_SHACRYPT512@@'
uid: 0

- name: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN@@'
gecos: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN@@'
primary_group: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_LOGIN@@'
@@VBOX_COND_IS_INSTALLING_ADDITIONS@@
groups: sudo, vboxsf
@@VBOX_COND_END@@
@@VBOX_COND_IS_NOT_INSTALLING_ADDITIONS@@
groups: sudo
@@VBOX_COND_END@@
lock-passwd: false
shell: /bin/bash
passwd: '@@VBOX_INSERT_USER_PASSWORD_SHACRYPT512@@'

@@VBOX_COND_IS_RTC_USING_UTC@@
timezone: Etc/UTC
@@VBOX_COND_END@@
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