The non-root user is already a member of `vboxusers' group (gid=215). BTW, I noticed incidentally that the USB device will be visible in 'My Computer' window if I attach it first and then start VirtualBox or if the VBoxGuestAdditions icon does not appear in icon tray.
Yours - Hossein On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Pablo Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: > [ Comments below, in-line ] > > On 01/21/2012 01:57 AM, Hossein HM wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> My problem is that if I start VirtualBox as root, in Windows XP-SP3 >> guest I can use USB devices with no problem at all, but I as a normal user >> although the USB device icon is shown in icon tray, it is not visible in >> 'My Computer' window. > > Howdy, > > Ensure your Unix user is in the `vboxusers' group - see `/etc/group' > > As an example, here's my entry: > > $ grep vboxuser /etc/group > vboxusers:!:1000:pablo > > pablo@oreo:~ > $ > > Cheers, > -- > Pablo Sanchez - Blueoak Database Engineering, Inc > Ph: 819.459.1926 Blog: http://pablo.blog.blueoakdb.com > Fax: 760.860.5225 (US) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
