[vbox-dev] Virtualbox 5.1.26 problem with kernel 4.4.76/79 and x86_64

[James Moe]

On 08/14/2017 02:45 AM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote:
>>
>> ----[ error message ]----
>> Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=100 uid=1000 gid=100) (rc=-10)
>> Please try reinstalling VirtualBox.
>> where: SUPR3HardenedMain what: 2 VERR_PERMISSION_DENIED (-10) -
>> Permission denied.
>
> That error message means that the VirtualBox executable isn't installed 
> suid root (which the hardening expects and complains about by pointing 
> at the user id information for the running process).
> 
  So had I not hardened the OS, VBox would have started Normally?
  Or is there some extra step when installing VBox from the Software
Manager?