[plug] virtualbox

[Gavin Chester]

On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 21:41 +0900, Dion wrote:
> Just a thought.
> 
> The other users profile for virtualbox, may need to be pointed to the 
> virtual hard drive file.
> Is your virtual hard drive file in your $home?  If so, it may not be 
> accessible to others.

Thanks, Dion. Ahh, yes that's where it is. Doh! I just charged ahead
some time back and did what I thought was a 'default' install of
virtualbox, so that's why it's not accessible to them. Didn't give it
enough thought, clearly :-( 


> 
> Gavin Chester wrote:
> > Humour me - I know this is me being lazy and a classic need to RTFM, but
> > I know you guys are good for some spot-on quick answers ;-)
> >
> > Having installed virtualbox to get some dreaded windoze-only apps
> > functioning, can the virtual machine be made available to all users?
> > When logging in as another user the virtualbox is on the menu, but the
> > xp install done by me doesn't show up as a machine for them. Do I really
> > have to install xp for each and all users? Thanks, people.
> >
> > Gavin 
> >
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