Can not start Virtualbox

Johan Hendriks Johan at double-l.nl
Mon Nov 9 12:55:24 UTC 2009


 
>> >> 
>> >> Hello 
>> >> I have installed VirtualBox on My FreeBSD RELENG_8  i386.
>> >> When i try to start VirtualBox as a normal user account i get the
>> following error.
>> >> VirtualBox: supR3HardenedVerifyDir: Cannot trust the directory
".":
>> not owned by root (st_uid=1001)
>> >> 
>> >> What am i doing wrong?
>> 
>> >Your user needs to be in the vboxusers group.
>> 
>> >Adam
>> 
>> I have the following line in /etc/group
>> vboxusers:*:920:johan
>> 

>Did you add your user to that group by editing the file manually?  I've
>noticed that when I do that, I have to reboot for the permission to
>kick in for some reason.

>Adam

Yes i did it manually, but the machine has been restarted already.

Regards,
Johan


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