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virtualbox-ose package

program wants "group" access

Asked by Natan Seeley

I have recently discovered the wonder of virtual machines. The program I am using (Oracle VM VirtualBox) wants me to add my username to a specific linux User group to use certain features. I recently updated to 11.10 is there still a way to manage user groups?

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Best Jason Kairl (jdkairl) said : 		#1

Hello Natan

You can use the terminal to add users to a group. Here is nice quick article on it, http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/10/add-users-to-existing-groups-in-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot-2/. You can read the man page on usermod also the man page for groupmod is handy for this type of job. Alternatively have a look at this page for a graphical method, http://ericwamari.com/techpress/2011/10/manage-users-and-groups-in-ubuntu-11-10/

Regards Jason

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Natan Seeley (killer4620) said : 		#2

Thanks Jason Kairl, that solved my question.