Guest File Manager Change File Attributes In Guest

Changes the file attributes of a specified file inside the guest.

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/GuestFileManager/{moId}/ChangeFileAttributesInGuest

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case GuestFileManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.

Request Body

ChangeFileAttributesInGuestRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "vm": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "auth": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "interactiveSession": false
    },
    "guestFilePath": "string",
    "fileAttributes": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "modificationTime": "string",
        "accessTime": "string",
        "symlinkTarget": "string"
    }
}

MoRefVirtualMachine

Required

Reference to an instance of the VirtualMachine managed object.

GuestAuthentication

auth

Required

GuestAuthentication is an abstract base class for authentication in the guest.

string

guestFilePath

Required

The complete path to the file to be copied in the guest. If the file points to an symbolic link, then the attributes of the target file are changed.

GuestFileAttributes

fileAttributes

Required

Different attributes for a guest file.

Check GuestPosixFileAttributes for Posix guest files.
Check GuestWindowsFileAttributes for Windows guest files.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

GuestOperationsFault: if there is an error processing a guest operation.

GuestOperationsUnavailable: if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.

InvalidPowerState: if the VM is not powered on.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

GuestPermissionDenied: if the operation fails because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.

InvalidGuestLogin: if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.

FileFault: if there is a file error in the guest operating system.

GuestComponentsOutOfDate: if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.

OperationNotSupportedByGuest: if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.

OperationDisabledByGuest: if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

204 Response Body

Errors

Guest File Manager Operations

POST

Guest File Manager Change File Attributes In Guest