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famous3warriors
January 26th, 2008, 07:05 PM
I am trying to get virtual box to work and this is the error I get when I hit the start button. Virtualbox kernel driver is not accessible to the current user. How do I go about fixing that. Thanks for your help. :guitar:

p_quarles
January 26th, 2008, 07:25 PM
You need to add your user to "vboxusers" group. Open a terminal, and run the following command:
sudo useradd yourname vboxusers
Once you've done that, you need to log out of the current session, then log back in. If everything else is configured correctly, Virtualbox will now work for you.

sumguy231
January 26th, 2008, 07:28 PM
Use the users and groups tool to see if your user is in the 'vboxusers' group. If that doesn't work, then how did you install Virtualbox?

Edit: Beaten.

famous3warriors
January 27th, 2008, 11:37 AM
that guys for you help. i really do appreciate the time to help I forgot to mark the thread as solved. I did do the sudo useradd yourname vboxusers and it worked great. Thanks once again.