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Error: "Permission Denied" When Starting a Virtual Machine
Details
Attempts to start my virtual machine on a Linux host give me an
error message that says, "Permission denied". What is
wrong?
Solution
If you start your virtual machine by running ./.cfg from a command line or by double-clicking on the
configuration file (.cfg) from the Linux file manager, the problem most likely
indicates that you do not have permission to execute the
configuration file. To add execute permission for the file, use the
command
chmod +x .cfg
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