VirtualBox failed to access the USB subsystem

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Hello,

I am using Thunderbird and trying to access USB devices using VirtualBox but I am receiving the following error message. You can see the attached image and find out the relevant solution to fix this problem. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any help.

VirtualBox-Warning

Failed to access the USB subsystem.

VirtualBox is not currently allowed to access USB devices. You can change this by adding your user to the `vboxusers’ group. Please see the user manual for a more detailed explanation.

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Answered By 0 points N/A #171239

VirtualBox failed to access the USB subsystem

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Hello Derek,

Good Day!

By using

Usermod -Gvboxusers

is not advisable because it will delete your user from several groups except vboxusers. You are required to use

usermod -a -G vboxusers

If you are encounter an error that says cannot lock or group, you may use sudo to perform the command.

Hope this may helped you.

Regards,

Quinn Poon

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