user can not access USB devices
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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virtualbox (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hi, a general users can not access USB devices. The root user (or sudo virtualbox) can access to USB devices. I have executed the following commands without success (the tested user is "marco"):
usermod -a -G vboxusers marco
usermod -a -G vboxsf marco
Please write me if you need more information.
PS After a successive check, I noticed that the "root" user (that I have enabled in my Ubuntu Xenial) can see the usb scanner (that requires XP drivers) but the TWAIN driver does not detect the scanner. VirtualBox show the USB scanner as attached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: virtualbox 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Apr 29 17:52:31 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-27 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Hi, did you try to reboot?
why do you have the guest-packages installed?