VirtualBox

Ticket #9222 (closed defect: wontfix)

Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

VirtualBox 4.0.12 fails to install on OS X 10.7 Lion if run as root

Reported by: sorin Owned by:
Priority: major Component: other
Version: VirtualBox 4.0.12 Keywords:
Cc: Guest type: other
Host type: other

Description

If you try to run VirtualBox 4.0.12 as root (System Administrator account) the install will fail telling you to contact the sysadmin.

The same process works if run as normal user.

Change History

comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by frank

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to wontfix

We don't support running VirtualBox as root.

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