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How to Enable USB Support in VirtualBox

Introduction
This is a simple tutorial on how to enable USB support in VirtualBox.

Downloading Extensions
Download and install the Extension Pack from VirtualBox Downloads. Opening the file when it has downloaded should start VirtualBox and the installation process.

Added Users To Groups
You need to add your user to the vboxusers group. This can be done with the following command in the terminal

usermod bill -a -G vboxusers

Replace bill with your user name.

Restart your computer and Virtualbox will now allow you to connect USB devices to it.

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Posted in Linux by bill 8 Comments

8 Responses to "How to Enable USB Support in VirtualBox"

Jukka says:

1 October , 2012 at 5:27 pm
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With Linux you don’t need to restart your computer, just logout and login again to have the new group membership active for your session.
- bill says:
  
  1 October , 2012 at 5:38 pm
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  I was just trying to make it as easy as possible, thanks for the comment!
Pete says:

2 October , 2012 at 1:39 am
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No need to restart or to logout, just use : newgrp vboxusers
vagabondo says:

2 October , 2012 at 12:42 pm
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No Need.

Since version 4.0.0 (GPL licence) VirtualBox has supported local guest USB without requiring an extension pack. The Oracle proprietary extension is used for providing remote VM support via VRDP. See section 3.10 of the VirtualBox User Manual.
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3 October , 2012 at 2:34 am
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ethancooper says:

25 January , 2013 at 1:50 am
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virtual box allow many user at same system with different AAA that is audition, authentication, authorization. This is the bets way to do work on same system on same OS with different OS and different user profile.
Varun says:

27 April , 2013 at 9:15 am
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usermod: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.

This is what the terminak displays when i tried to execute ur command in the terminal…Could you help me please?
- bill says:
  
  27 April , 2013 at 1:01 pm
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  You need to run the command as an Administrator. if you are using Ubuntu use sudo.