Virtualbox ubuntu package does not add users to vboxusers group

[DeGarden]

Downloaded and installed package, on Ubuntu 19.10:

virtualbox-6.1_6.1.4-136177_Ubuntu_eoan_amd64.deb

My user was not added to vboxusers group, son can attach USB devices to guest. None is present.

Fixed with this:

sudo adduser $USER vboxusers

[DeGarden]

Couldn't attach USB devices until fix.

[DeGarden]

This is done on purpose on linux, for security reasons probably: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-linux-vboxusers

[fbatschu]

we never did that, as pointed out in the previous comment, this is documented.