From 1edff5e3ecf1cafc2af712245ef75d0c903d3d1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Friedrich Altheide Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:25:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nixos/virtualbox-guest: Prefix udev rules with number < 72 for uaccess to work --- .../virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix index 606f89e8bc81..882cdf1f0cde 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix @@ -133,14 +133,19 @@ in users.groups.vboxuserdev = { }; - services.udev.extraRules = '' - # /dev/vboxuser is necessary for VBoxClient to work. Maybe we - # should restrict this to logged-in users. - KERNEL=="vboxuser", OWNER="root", GROUP="vboxuserdev", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess" + services.udev.packages = lib.singleton ( + pkgs.writeTextFile { + name = "virtualboxGuestAdditions"; + text = '' + # /dev/vboxuser is necessary for VBoxClient to work + KERNEL=="vboxuser", OWNER="root", GROUP="vboxuserdev", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess" - # Allow systemd dependencies on vboxguest. - SUBSYSTEM=="misc", KERNEL=="vboxguest", TAG+="systemd" - ''; + # Allow systemd dependencies on vboxguest. + SUBSYSTEM=="misc", KERNEL=="vboxguest", TAG+="systemd" + ''; + destination = "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-virtualboxGuestAdditions.rules"; + } + ); systemd.user.services.virtualboxClientVmsvga = mkVirtualBoxUserService "--vmsvga-session" cfg.verbose; }