On 05/03/11 14:21, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:15 PM, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have a flash disk which is detected as /dev/sdc >> >> I need to use it as a virtualbox device. >> So I created a vmdk for the disk and registered it. >> Furthermore, virtualbox requires that in order to use >> the device, the device must belong to the group >> vboxusers. >> So I chmod'ed it to vboxusers. > I'm recalling this from memory so I hope it's accurate, but... > > Why don't you use it as a USB device instead? > > Also, I'm not completely sure that the disk has to be owned by > vboxusers. If you run virtualbox as yourself, and you're in the disks > group, I think that is sufficient. > I tried that! It did not work. As you can see, I am also in the disks group: $ id jd uid=1008(jd) gid=1008(jd) groups=0(root),6(disk),12(mail),11(cdrom),19(floppy),1009(vboxusers),1008(jd) >> But somehow magically, it reverts back to being >> owned by the group disks. > Do you mean when you unplug and re-plug the flash drive? This is due > to udev so nothing really to do with selinux. No! It just magically reverts back to having gid of 6 (disks). > >> I have disabled selinux. So I have no idea what/who >> is changing it back. This is the reason why I am asking >> this list. The virtualbox list does not seem to have >> an answer. > Easy way: access it as a usb device > Harder way: add yourself to disk(s?) group and use it as a raw disk vmdk. > Hardest way: modify the udev rules to make vboxusers the owner. > > Richard I tried. When I click on the + icon on the right, it says no devices available. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
