make a folder readable
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Aug 28 17:33:49 UTC 2008
Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
>> bill biggs wrote:
>>> 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 ?
>>
>> 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.
usbfs perhaps? Which is /dev/bus/usb (/proc/bus/usb). Which now that he
asks, I see does NOT appropriately have group ownership by vboxusers on my
system. It seems I rebooted since I fixed that, and haven't used
virtualbox since... Anyway, I think it needs to be _writeable_.
--
derek
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