Can not start Virtualbox

Johan Hendriks Johan at double-l.nl
Mon Nov 9 13:08:45 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.

>Sorry, I'm out of ideas, then.

>Adam

No problem, and thanks for your time.
regards,
Johan Hendriks

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