---
name: "vboxrc"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "isdnvboxclient"
version: "1:3.25+dfsg1-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vboxrc"
---

# vboxrc(5)

user config file for vbox

## NAME

vboxrc - user config file for vbox

## Description

Every user can save settings in ~/.vboxrc.

Everything after "#" is ignored, as are empty lines. All arguments must be separated by whitespace (spaces, tabs). Arguments may not contain whitespace.

These keywords are allowed:

- **USERNAME**

  - **PASSWORD**

  Username and password for vboxd login. These settings are used by vbox and vboxctrl. If they are missing, you have to enter them at runtime.

- **VOLUME**

  Default volume for vbox.

- **C\_BACKGROUND**

  Background color.

- **C\_STATUSBAR**

  Color for normal text in the status bar.

- **C\_STATUSBAR\_HL**

  Color for highlighted text in the status bar.

- **C\_POWERLED\_ON**

  Color for powerled (on).

- **C\_POWERLED\_OFF**

  Color for powerled (off).

- **C\_STATUSLED\_ON**

  Color for statusled (on).

- **C\_STATUSLED\_OFF**

  Color for statusled (off).

- **C\_LIST**

  Color for list of messages.

- **C\_LIST\_SELECTED**

  Color for selected entry in the list of messages.

- **C\_INFOTEXT**

  Color for info texts in the message list.

All color settings have the format TEXTCOLOR:BACKGROUNDCOLOR. You may not use whitespace.

- These colors are available for TEXTCOLOR:

  ```
  BLACK RED GREEN BROWN BLUE MAGENTA CYAN GRAY
  DARKGREY LIGHTRED LIGHTGREEN YELLOW LIGHTBLUE
  LIGHTMAGENTA LIGHTCYAN WHITE
  ```

- These colors are available for BACKGROUNDCOLOR:

  BLACK RED GREEN BROWN BLUE MAGENTA CYAN GREY

## FILES

- **~/.vboxrc**

  this configuration file

- **/usr/share/doc/isdnvboxclient/examples/vboxrc**

  an example

## SEE ALSO

**[vbox(1)](/vbox/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Andreas Jellinghaus \<aj@dungeon.inka.de\>, for Debian GNU/Linux and isdn4linux. Now maintained by Paul Slootman \<paul@debian.org\>.