'vagrant box add' fail on Windows

[yandod]

When adding box with vagrant box add path_to_box is failing on WindowsXP.

Downloading or copying the box...
[0KAn error occurred while downloading the remote file. The error--:--)
message, if any, is reproduced below. Please fix this error and try
again.

Failed writing body (0 != 16383)

Is there some work around for this?
version of vagrant is 1.2.7

[yandod]

we got diagnosys.
the windows user name contains multi byte. then vagran box add always fails.

[mitchellh]

Hey @yandod! Unfortunately this looks like a problem with cURL. We use cURL under the covers, so we're just subprocessing out there. :( Not sure if I can do anything about this. If I can, let me know and I'd be happy to fix.

[yandod]

In this case, setting VAGRANT_HOME to outside users's home directory solved issue as well.
I will share once found more smart solution. Thanks.

[vespakoen]

I just encountered this too, I installed vagrant via a configuration manager and forgot to assign the correct user and group, causing the .vagrant.d folder to be owned by root.

sudo chown youruser:youruser -R ~/.vagrant.d

should do the trick (replace youruser with the actual username)

[thedrow]

@vespakoen You saved my ass. This should be documented somewhere.

[mbaev]

Just example for Windows 7/8. Write it in console:
set VAGRANT_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Vagrant

[dmasikondo]

mbaev you are a life saver thank you. Had spent sleepless nights failing todownload the Laravel Homestead box on windows 7

[mbaev]

@dmasikondo You're welcome)

[replaysMike]

Just a note - I received this same error when I was out of drive space on the drive vagrant was installed to. Was confusing.

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