$Date: 2025-08-11 19:18:47 +0200 (Mon, 11 Aug 2025) $

VBoxManage checkmediumpwd

VBoxManage-checkmediumpwd 1
VBoxManage-checkmediumpwd check encryption password on a DEK-encrypted medium or a disk image &product-name;
`VBoxManage checkmediumpwd` uuid filename password-file

## Description

The `VBoxManage checkmediumpwd` command checks the current encryption password on a DEK-encrypted medium or a disk image. See .

The command response indicates if the specified password is correct.

uuid | filename

  Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or the absolute path name of the medium or image.

password-file

  Specifies the password to check. The password can be the absolute path name of a password file on the host OS or the dash character (`-`) to prompt you for the password on the command line.

## Examples

The following example checks the encryption password for the `ol7u4-1.vdi` disk image. The password is contained in a file called `pwfile`.

The command returns a message indicating that the specified password is correct.

    $ VBoxManage checkmediumpwd "$HOME/VirtualBox VMs/ol7u4/ol7u4-1.vdi" /home/user/pwfile
      The given password is correct

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