Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:24:25 -0600 From: JD <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to add self to group vboxusers Message-ID: <58EA7C59.3010608@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB1200DDB51D32BC88EC919713F60E0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB1200DDB51D32BC88EC919713F60E0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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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 :( |
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