442723 – Virtualbox does not run as non-root user

Bug 442723 - Virtualbox does not run as non-root user

Summary: Virtualbox does not run as non-root user

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 429725

Alias:	None

Product:	openSUSE 11.0
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Other (show other bugs)
Version:	Final
Hardware:	i686 openSUSE 11.0

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Major (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Martin Kudlvasr
QA Contact:	E-mail List

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Clone This Bug

Reported:	2008-11-07 14:56 UTC by Lassi Väätämöinen
Modified:	2008-11-25 20:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Found By:	Other
Services Priority:
Business Priority:
Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---
IT Deployment:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Lassi Väätämöinen 2008-11-07 14:56:38 UTC

Virtualbox does not run as non-root user. A popup-window is shown, that says: 
"Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=100 uid=1000 gid=100) (rc=-10)

Virtualbox runs normally, when invoked as root user, e.g. using gnomesu.


Information for package virtualbox-ose:

Repository: openSUSE BuildService - Virtualization (VirtualBox)
Name: virtualbox-ose
Version: 2.0.4-4.1
Arch: i586
Vendor: openSUSE Build Service
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 65.2 M
Summary: VirtualBox OSE is an Emulator

Probably a build configuration error related to "hardened main"?

Comment 1 Martin Kudlvasr 2008-11-11 14:19:25 UTC

the problem is, that 2.0.2 still ran as vboxuser without suid (and without --disable-hardening).

Comment 2 Martin Kudlvasr 2008-11-13 15:33:40 UTC

Seems like an suid virtualbox will be a necessity.

Comment 3 Felix Möller 2008-11-25 20:21:42 UTC

this is a duplicate of bug #429725

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 429725 ***