Hello Friend,
I did a mistake :(
I log into ubuntu using the primary user id 'niyaz' (created during
installation).
I was trying virtualbox and on the first run it told me 'niyaz' is not
in vboxusers group.
well, that revelation striked me quite hardly, i guess.
And i fired:
$ sudo usermod
On 8/21/08, Niyaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Friend,
I did a mistake :(
I log into ubuntu using the primary user id 'niyaz' (created during
installation).
I was trying virtualbox and on the first run it told me 'niyaz' is not
in vboxusers group.
well, that revelation striked
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On Thursday 21 Aug 2008 11:57:46 pm Niyaz wrote:
Hello Friend,
I did a mistake :(
I log into ubuntu using the primary user id 'niyaz' (created during
installation).
I was trying virtualbox and on the first run it told me 'niyaz' is not
in
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:57:46 +0530
Niyaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And i fired:
$ sudo usermod -G vboxusers niyaz
You forgot the -a (append option ). The -G removed you from every group
except the vboxusers.
and it transmigrated me to vboxusers.
I lost the sudo power.
Why you lost the
On 8/22/08, Mehul Ved [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now boot again from live cd and add yourself to admin group.
And the command should have been
sudo usermod -a -G vboxuser niyaz
Forgot to add. Edit /etc/groups file on the installed ubuntu. maybe
you can do it from single user mode too.
Also,
