Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:25:55 -0600 From: JD <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to add self to group vboxusers Message-ID: <58EA7CB3.7070907@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58EA7C59.3010608@gmail.com> References: <VI1PR02MB1200DDB51D32BC88EC919713F60E0@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <58EA7C59.3010608@gmail.com>
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On 04/09/2017 12:24 PM, 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 :( > > > | I forgot to say "for example"! So do not use the group name wheel unless that is your intent :)
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