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#1 2010-01-19 05:08:09

jowilkin
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VirtualBox effective uid is not root

I have gotten this error a few times now, when I try to launch the VirtualBox gui or start a VM from the command line with VBoxHeadless it says something like

VBoxHeadless: Error -10 in SUPR3HardenedMain!
VBoxHeadless: Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000)

VBoxHeadless: Tip! It may help to reinstall VirtualBox.

Has anyone else had this issue?  I fixed it last time by reinstalling virtualbox, but I don't want to reinstall every time this happens.

Some googling revealed it could be a permissions problem - virtualbox executables not set as suid root specifically, but I the permissions look ok to me on my executables unless I'm looking at the wrong ones.

Edit: just looked and it seems my permissions are NOT suid root on the executables, anyone know why this is happening?

Last edited by jowilkin (2010-01-19 05:10:29)

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#2 2010-02-03 12:45:13

thms
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Re: VirtualBox effective uid is not root

Where you able to solve the problem - and how?

I encounter the same error.

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#3 2010-02-04 10:41:17

thms
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Re: VirtualBox effective uid is not root

I don't get it. It seems that the permissions change after one start of VirtualBox:

ls -l /opt/VirtualBox
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      4096  4. Feb 10:22 accessible
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      4096  4. Feb 10:22 additions
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      4096  4. Feb 10:22 components
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    434104 17. Dez 14:42 kchmviewer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        23  4. Feb 10:22 libQtCoreVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        22  4. Feb 10:22 libQtGuiVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        26  4. Feb 10:22 libQtNetworkVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        25  4. Feb 10:22 libQtOpenGLVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtOpenGL.so.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas thomas    9173 17. Dez 14:39 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     15324 17. Dez 14:39 License-7.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      4096  4. Feb 10:22 nls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas  240736 17. Dez 14:42 rdesktop-vrdp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root   root      4096 17. Dez 14:39 rdesktop-vrdp-keymaps
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    307294 17. Dez 14:39 rdesktop-vrdp.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 5 root   root      4096  4. Feb 10:24 src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   3841884 17. Dez 14:39 UserManual.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    140408 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDbg.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     15384 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD2GC.gc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     22520 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD2R0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    185096 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD2.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     99940 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDDGC.gc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    134144 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDDR0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root   2029104 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas  180240 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDDU.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   2031616 17. Dez 14:39 VBoxEFI32.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   2031616 17. Dez 14:39 VBoxEFI64.fd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     38520 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxGuestPropSvc.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas   21728 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxHeadless
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     77840 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxHeadless.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     63240 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxKeyboard.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas  768136 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxManage
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas    9312 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxNetAdpCtl
-r-s--x--x 1 root   root     21728 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxNetDHCP
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     40744 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxNetDHCP.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    134848 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxOGLhostcrutil.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    148888 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxOGLhosterrorspu.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    148192 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxOGLrenderspu.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas thomas    5359 17. Dez 14:39 VBox.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas  657328 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxREM.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas 3299832 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxRT.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas   21720 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSDL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    165064 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSDL.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root      3074  4. Feb 10:22 VBox.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     45384 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSharedClipboard.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    783680 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSharedCrOpenGL.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     36376 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSharedFolders.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas 2191432 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSVC
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root      4394 17. Dez 14:39 VBoxSysInfo.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     87120 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxTestOGL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas    7808 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxTunctl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas 1624072 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxVMM.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root    224008 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxVRDP.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root   7627136 17. Dez 14:42 vboxwebsrv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     28904 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxXPCOMC.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root     29248 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxXPCOMIPCD
-rwxr-xr-x 1 thomas thomas 1448112 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxXPCOM.so
-rws--x--x 1 thomas thomas   23776 17. Dez 14:42 VirtualBox
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   2965311 17. Dez 14:39 VirtualBox.chm
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas thomas     621 17. Dez 14:39 virtualbox.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root   4665288 17. Dez 14:42 VirtualBox.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    411412 17. Dez 14:42 VMMGC.gc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root    605120 17. Dez 14:42 VMMR0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root      7944 17. Dez 14:42 VRDPAuth.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   root   6542544 17. Dez 14:42 webtest

This are the permissions after a fresh install:

 ls -l /opt/VirtualBox
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096  4. Feb 10:22 accessible
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096  4. Feb 10:22 additions
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096  4. Feb 10:22 components
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  434104 17. Dez 14:42 kchmviewer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23  4. Feb 10:22 libQtCoreVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      22  4. Feb 10:22 libQtGuiVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      26  4. Feb 10:22 libQtNetworkVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      25  4. Feb 10:22 libQtOpenGLVBox.so.4 -> /usr/lib/libQtOpenGL.so.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    9173 17. Dez 14:39 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   15324 17. Dez 14:39 License-7.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096  4. Feb 10:22 nls
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  240736 17. Dez 14:42 rdesktop-vrdp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 17. Dez 14:39 rdesktop-vrdp-keymaps
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  307294 17. Dez 14:39 rdesktop-vrdp.tar.gz
drwsr-xr-x 5 root root    4096  4. Feb 11:39 src
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3841884 17. Dez 14:39 UserManual.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  140408 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDbg.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   15384 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD2GC.gc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   22520 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD2R0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  185096 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD2.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   99940 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDDGC.gc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  134144 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDDR0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2029104 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDD.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  180240 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxDDU.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2031616 17. Dez 14:39 VBoxEFI32.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2031616 17. Dez 14:39 VBoxEFI64.fd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   38520 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxGuestPropSvc.so
-r-s--x--x 1 root root   21728 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxHeadless
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   77840 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxHeadless.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   63240 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxKeyboard.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  768136 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxManage
-r-s--x--x 1 root root    9312 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxNetAdpCtl
-r-s--x--x 1 root root   21728 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxNetDHCP
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   40744 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxNetDHCP.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  134848 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxOGLhostcrutil.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  148888 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxOGLhosterrorspu.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  148192 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxOGLrenderspu.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    5359 17. Dez 14:39 VBox.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  657328 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxREM.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3299832 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxRT.so
-r-s--x--x 1 root root   21720 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSDL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  165064 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSDL.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    3074  4. Feb 10:22 VBox.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   45384 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSharedClipboard.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  783680 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSharedCrOpenGL.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   36376 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSharedFolders.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2191432 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxSVC
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    4394 17. Dez 14:39 VBoxSysInfo.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   87120 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxTestOGL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    7808 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxTunctl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1624072 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxVMM.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  224008 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxVRDP.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7627136 17. Dez 14:42 vboxwebsrv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   28904 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxXPCOMC.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   29248 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxXPCOMIPCD
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1448112 17. Dez 14:42 VBoxXPCOM.so
-r-s--x--x 1 root root   23776 17. Dez 14:42 VirtualBox
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2965311 17. Dez 14:39 VirtualBox.chm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     621 17. Dez 14:39 virtualbox.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4665288 17. Dez 14:42 VirtualBox.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  411412 17. Dez 14:42 VMMGC.gc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  605120 17. Dez 14:42 VMMR0.r0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    7944 17. Dez 14:42 VRDPAuth.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6542544 17. Dez 14:42 webtest

I found the hint to configure with the switch --disable-hardening but I don't know where to put this in the PKGBUILD ;b

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#4 2010-02-04 10:58:02

wonder
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Re: VirtualBox effective uid is not root

you can't do a thing with --disable-hardening since virtualbox_bin is already compiled.


Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

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#5 2010-02-04 11:01:56

jowilkin
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Registered: 2009-05-07
Posts: 243

Re: VirtualBox effective uid is not root

I haven't had the problem too recently, but I haven't found how to stop it.  It has happened to me several times.  I just reinstall when it does happen and that fixes it for a while.

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#6 2010-02-04 11:08:23

thms
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Registered: 2010-02-01
Posts: 120

Re: VirtualBox effective uid is not root

Yes, reinstalling solves it but I use virtualbox very often so reinstalling every day (or even multiple times a day) isn't a very good solution.

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#7 2010-02-19 19:37:37

jowilkin
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Re: VirtualBox effective uid is not root

thms wrote:

Yes, reinstalling solves it but I use virtualbox very often so reinstalling every day (or even multiple times a day) isn't a very good solution.

Are you still having this issue?  I haven't had it happen in at least a week now and I normally run ~3 VMs at a time.  Which virtualbox package are you using?  Is it virtualbox_bin from AUR and have you updated it recently?

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