Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 21:21:53 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "jd1008@gmail.com" <jd1008@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Unable to add self to group vboxusers Message-ID: <20170409212153.bfd97dd9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <DB5PR02MB1189607E32B06D7819E450F5F60E0@DB5PR02MB1189.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB1200DDB51D32BC88EC919713F60E0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <58EA7C59.3010608@gmail.com> <DB5PR02MB1189607E32B06D7819E450F5F60E0@DB5PR02MB1189.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 18:30:33 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > On 04/09/17 23:54, JD wrote: > > > > > > On 04/09/2017 12:04 PM, Manish Jain wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> I am trying to run VirtualBVox under my under my system, a FreeBSD (p1) > >> 11 amd64 box with a radeon R5 230 (Caicos) card. > >> > >> > >> I did the following and rebooted : > >> > >> a) installed virtualbox-ose via pkg > >> > >> b) inserted vboxnet_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf > >> > >> c) added self to users vboxusers with : 'pw groupmod vboxusers -m <X>' > >> > >> d) added the following line to /etc/devfs.rules : > >> > >> add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator > >> > >> Upon reboot, trying to run VirtualBox gets me : > >> > >> libGL error: MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information > >> libGL error: image driver extension not found > >> libGL error: failed to load driver: radeon > >> libGL error: failed to open drm device: Permission denied > >> libGL error: failed to load driver: r600 > >> <html><b>Effective UID is not root (euid=1001 egid=1001 uid=1001 > >> gid=1001) (rc=-10)</b><br/><br/>Please try reinstalling > >> VirtualBox.<br><br><!--EOM-->where: SUPR3HardenedMain > >> what: 2 > >> VERR_PERMISSION_DENIED (-10) - Permission denied. > >> </html> > >> ^C > >> > >> > >> When I run the groups command, I get different results based on > >> effective UID : > >> > >> > >> a) as root, when I run 'groups <X>', I spot vboxusers among the groups > >> for <X> > >> > >> b) as normal user, when I run groups I do not see vboxusers among my > >> groups. > >> > >> > >> I am therefore unable to run VirtualBox. What exactly could be the > >> problem that leads me into vboxusers not being among my groups ? > >> > >> > >> Thanks for any help > >> > >> Manish Jain > >> > > I do not know how you tried to add users to a group, but here is the > > CLI command > > $ sudo |usermod -a -G wheel <username1> > > Unfortunately, the command only allows the addition of one user at a > > time :( > > > > Strangely, I do not seem to have the usermod command : > > bash: usermod: command not found It should probably be: $ sudo pw usermod -a -G wheel <username1> The "usermod" is a command option for the pw program; see "man pw" for details. Or add /etc/group manually. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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