On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:58:35 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>I would store my VM files in a dedicated folder under /home i.e. /home/vm.
>If I start VBox from root everything works fine, but if run it as normal
>user, it fails with a file access error.
>
>I used the vboxusers group for the folder/files and included the user in
>the group. The "ls -l" command reports correct permissions. ("rw" for group
>members on all the vbox files).
>
>Can you suggested something else to check ?

Another thing to check: The directory itself should be writable too.

> Thanks!

You're welcome.

-- 
Regards,
Kees Nuyt

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