make a folder readable

[Nikolay Kisyov]

William Biggs wrote:
> I got it to work thank you 
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 11:58 -0700, NoOp wrote:
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>> On 08/27/2008 11:51 AM, William Biggs wrote:
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>>> here the error ?
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>> Yes. Post the error message you get.
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>>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
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>>>> bill biggs wrote:
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>>>>> I install sun virtualbox and when I try to start it . I need to make
>>>>> the dev folder readable .How do I make it readable for a user ?
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>>>> Do you mean the "/dev" folder? That is readable for users. Can you post
>>>> the exact error message you get? Then it is probably easier to find out
>>>> what the problem is.
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you need to give your user access to /dev/vboxdrv . just do the 
following "sudo gpasswd -a username vboxusers" , logout and log back in. 
don`t forget to replace "username" with your actual username :)