id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 3083 VMDK permissions problems Bengt-Arne Fjellner "1. Virtualbox aborts machine start without message if readpermission is missing on underlying file. Example if ddd.img had been {{{ -rw------- 1 root wheel 102400000 Jan 20 23:18 ddd.img }}} In the example below. 2. Virtualbox allows machine start despite missing write permissions. See below. {{{ $ ls -l ddd* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 102400000 Jan 20 23:18 ddd.img -rw------- 1 baf baf 655 Jan 20 23:17 ddd.vmdk $ cat ddd.vmdk # Disk DescriptorFile version=1 CID=6dc912ab parentCID=ffffffff createType=""fullDevice"" # Extent description RW 200000 FLAT ""/Users/baf/Library/VirtualBox/VDI/ddd.img"" # The disk Data Base #DDB ddb.virtualHWVersion = ""4"" ddb.adapterType=""ide"" ddb.geometry.cylinders=""198"" ddb.geometry.heads=""16"" ddb.geometry.sectors=""63"" ddb.uuid.image=""facbf6c4-2c61-47cc-90d6-79f85838a139"" ddb.uuid.parent=""00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"" ddb.uuid.modification=""6052d422-bced-478d-a797-5b360fdfb85a"" ddb.uuid.parentmodification=""00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"" ddb.geometry.biosCylinders=""198"" ddb.geometry.biosHeads=""16"" ddb.geometry.biosSectors=""63"" $ id uid=501(baf) gid=501(baf) groups=501(baf),98(_lpadmin),5(operator),80(admin) }}} " defect closed other VirtualBox 2.1.0 fixed other Mac OS X