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user not added added to vboxusers group
Posted: 30. Mar 2020, 22:18
by DeGarcen
Downloaded and installed package, on Ubuntu 19.10: virtualbox-6.1_6.1.4-136177_Ubuntu_eoan_amd64.deb
My user was not added to vboxusers group, son can't attach USB devices to guest. None is present.
Fixed with this:
Re: user not added added to vboxusers group
Posted: 30. Mar 2020, 22:21
by DeGarcen
Re: user not added added to vboxusers group
Posted: 31. Mar 2020, 04:02
by scottgus1
The manual states here:
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... -vboxusers
The Linux installers create the system user group vboxusers during installation. Any system user who is going to use USB devices from Oracle VM VirtualBox guests must be a member of that group. A user can be made a member of the group vboxusers either by using the desktop user and group tools, or with the following command:
sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers username
The virtualbox installer makes the group. You have to add yourself to it manually. That you needed to do it manually shows that Virtualbox is working as designed.
Re: user not added added to vboxusers group
Posted: 31. Mar 2020, 12:50
by DeGarcen
Ok I guess it's fine then. Thanks for the link, I wasn't aware of that.