Registering at VBOXUSERS

[confused]

Hi people, I have installed Virtualbox and now need to register in the VBOXUSERS file. I have tried registering using various methods, but all to no avail. Can someone please help. Thanks.

[Zwopper]

Well Linux is all about choises, here are a few ways to do it, there are probably more...
What you need to do is to add yourself to the VBOXUSERS group, in KDE you do this in System settings, System administration, User settings, Chose the Group tab, Administrator mode, and then add yourself to the VBOXUSERS group.
I don't remember where to find it in Gnome, but probably under "Users and Groups" or something similar, you got to have root privileges to perform this.
Otherwise you can edit the group file by pressing "Alt + F2" and typing (in KDE):

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sudo kate /etc/group/

and add yourself at the line where it says "vboxusers".

In Gnome:

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sudo gedit /etc/group/

and add yourself at the line where it says "vboxusers".

...or by pressing "Alt F2" and typing (both KDE and Gnome) (make sure "Run in terminal" is checked):

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sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers "YOUR_USERNAME"

replace "YOUR_USERNAME" with your real username.

[MagnusB]

If you want to use Alt+F2 to start a text editor/apps as root you have to use

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kdesu

in KDE or

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gksu

in GNOME..
Sudo only works in a shell, IIRC