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Bug 334439 - app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions: VBoxClient and VBoxControl must have SUID-bit
Summary: app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions: VBoxClient and VBoxControl must hav...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Patrick Lauer
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Reported: 2010-08-25 13:37 UTC by MaratIK
Modified: 2010-08-25 13:43 UTC (History)
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Description MaratIK 2010-08-25 13:37:03 UTC 
/usr/bin/VBoxClient and /usr/bin/VBoxControl must have SUID-bit
otherwise it doesn't start and functionality doesn't enabled (seamless windows, autoresize, clipboard & etc.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-08-25 13:43:30 UTC 
That's what the "vboxguest" group is used for. Add your users to that group, relogin the users and both programs should work. 

I just looked at the virtualbox-guest-additions and recognized that they lack an accordingly elog message. I gonna fix that.