Confirmed! Sergei, I needed to do sudo chmod u+s, *not* sudo chmod g+s. g+s didn't work.
On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 4:45 PM Sergey Menshikov <1935...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I confirm that setting suid on VirtualBoxVM mitigates the issue. > sudo chmod g+s /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBoxVM > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1935856 > > Title: > Virtualbox encounters 'Effective UID is not root' when starting a VM > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1935856/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1935856 Title: Virtualbox encounters 'Effective UID is not root' when starting a VM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1935856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
