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Message 46252 - Posted: 16 Feb 2022, 11:26:00 UTC

I'm a Ubuntu 18 user and a few weeks ago, i've upgraded Boinc to the latest version (from 7.16 to 7.18.1). And since then all wu using virtualbox are crashing.
Here is an example : https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/result.php?resultid=342677590

Running this command
sudo -u boinc VBoxManage -q list systemproperties


gives me the following result :
VBoxManage: error: Failed to initialize COM because the global settings directory '/home/bigcheaf/.config/VirtualBox' is not accessible!


So it seems to be a permissions issue.
I've checked and here is the summary of the situation :
VirtualBox folder : owner = bigcheaf, group = bigcheaf, permisions = drwxrwx---
"boinc" user belongs to the "bigcheaf" and "vboxusers" groups

Finally, this command :
sudo -u boinc namei -l /home/bigcheaf/.config/VirtualBox


results in :
f: /home/bigcheaf/.config/VirtualBox
drwxr-xr-x root     root     /
drwxr-xr-x root     root     home
drwxrwxr-x bigcheaf bigcheaf bigcheaf
drwxrwx--- bigcheaf bigcheaf .config
                             VirtualBox — fichier ou répertoire inexistant


I can't figure out where the problem is and how to fix it.
If anyone would like to help me...
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Message 46253 - Posted: 16 Feb 2022, 13:12:00 UTC - in response to Message 46252.  

VirtualBox — fichier ou répertoire inexistant


There is no virtualbox directory in there, create one.
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Message 46257 - Posted: 16 Feb 2022, 22:34:37 UTC - in response to Message 46253.  

There is a Virtualbox directory :
sudo -u bigcheaf namei -l /home/bigcheaf/.config/VirtualBox

f: /home/bigcheaf/.config/VirtualBox
drwxr-xr-x root     root     /
drwxr-xr-x root     root     home
drwxrwxr-x bigcheaf bigcheaf bigcheaf
drwxrwx--- bigcheaf bigcheaf .config
drwxrwx--- bigcheaf bigcheaf VirtualBox


But the "boinc" user have no permissions on it.
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