• RT @funkatron: I thought this was pretty interesting on the cognitive dissonance tip t.co/t0hWaG45kx
  (2013/04/28)
• Iron man 3 had some flying robot things in it. And a few explosions. And a few references to The Avengers. Good film.
  (2013/04/27)
• Jacked up. t.co/ysHOg3min7
  (2013/04/26)
• RT @AndrewBate: @WooWebUk We’ve a vacancy at Talis for a Tech Lead – any chance of an RT? t.co/gqdppuz0ue
  (2013/04/26)
• RT @Nick_Greenhill: Ideally would also have expereince with SVN/Git, Mobile and responsive web, extra points for Node.js. Direct applicatio…
  (2013/04/26)
• RT @Nick_Greenhill: Right, I need PHP with experience in Yii or other MVC framework, Javascript and Jquery, MySQL, HTML, CSS (cont..)
  (2013/04/26)
• Apparently… I've given blood 10 times and now have a badge to prove it.
  (2013/04/26)
• RT @harrybr: SO USEFUL for dummy content in prototypes: in a google spreadsheet, create a series of two items, hold Alt & drag! http://…
  (2013/04/25)
• RT @PeteWilliams: @harrybr That is actual, bonafide, fucking awesome. Amazing what it works with too: t.co/BbBa7Ziqsq
  (2013/04/25)
• "You seem bored tonight …. Aren't you going running?" #hinthint #hintTaken
  (2013/04/24, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @yorba_org: 55 hours to go and we're seeing a huge surge in donations! Can you be a part of the last-minute push? t.co/THrjdv8x2b
  (2013/04/23)
• RT @Port80Events: Port80 2013 – web conference, Newport – 10th May – the running order t.co/YZ5nNuL5Of <– hot off the press (ple…
  (2013/04/22)
• RT @kelsojonesltd: Are you a #PHPDeveloper based near #Leicestershire? Looking for a new role? click here for more information t.co/…
  (2013/04/22)
• My car is faster than a Ferrari!
  (2013/04/22)
• The average learner's swimming pool is 10% spit, 10% wee, 10% vomit, 50% chlorine and 20% water. (cc @madeupstats ).
  (2013/04/21, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @alexmace: CONTINUE TESTING t.co/RGtquZSfvz
  (2013/04/20)
• Just read some interesting javascript form validation code for a postcode. Shame it's case sensitive. #fail
  (2013/04/18)
• I need to write a presentation.
  (2013/04/18)
• RT @bytemark: "If you run a hosting company… and want to help the industry, support Geary" – Bytemark Hosting MD – t.co/rr0RAJC …
  (2013/04/18)
• RT @ZombiesRunGame: We answer somebquestions about Zombies, Run! 2 in our latest blog post, including Season 1 availability – t.c …
  (2013/04/17)
• RT @anya_goodwin: Can't be bothered to wake up – so I'll cry in my sleep to make daddy feel useful. He needs something to do after all.
  (2013/04/16)
• RT @WooWebUk: Geek Night 2 is Thursday, 7:30pm at @TheHiveWorcs. Room for more speakers! Got something web related you can talk about fo …
  (2013/04/15)
• RT @ZombiesRunGame: It’s less than 24 hours until we raise the gates on Zombies, Run! 2 – are you all ready to run?
  (2013/04/15)
• RT @carlfish: IT security in a nutshell. t.co/Owih8Xzw0y
  (2013/04/15)
• composer++ ( t.co/0ykJCj1PyO etc ) #php
  (2013/04/15)
• RT @phalconphp: How to lose weight
  in the browser? t.co/ZFIrGibt2w
  (2013/04/14)
• RT @AnthonySterling: +1 “@craigmarvelley: Fab tutorial on how to use Composer from @daylerees t.co/IZUh2bAnxb”
  (2013/04/14)
• RT @dogster24: Catch the thieving scumbags , please rt this everyone t.co/CvfdkNXeIi
  (2013/04/14)
• RT @RFU_RDO:

The below seems to be working, and given it’s relative simplicity it’s obvious how you’d go about changing to protect other POST based scripts from brute force attacks. Obviously it’s not going to work if the attacker changes IP often (but from scanning the logs so far, it doesn’t seem to be the case that they are).

Obvious caveats :

1. Users who can’t remember their password(s) will get blocked.
2. It’s not going to protect you from a distributed attack (multiple IPs) very well
3. You may want to perform other counter-measures (like putting Apache http authentication in for URLs matching /wp-login.php)

In /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf :

[apache-wp-login]
enabled = true
port = http,https
filter = apache-wp-login
logpath = /var/www/vhosts/*/statistics/logs/access_log
maxretry = 5
findtime = 120

And In /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/apache-wp-login.conf :

[Definition]
failregex = <HOST>.*] "POST /wp-login.php
ignoreregex =

• Rowan heard the original batman theme song and then wrote this. t.co/3jahHp9Qnv
  (2013/03/31)
• Chick chick chick chickens … Lay a chocolate egg for me. t.co/y3RJ4AATNx
  (2013/03/30, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @mrsims82: I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time!! t.co/AApgL8Sc7k
  (2013/03/30)
• The snow man was off his head. t.co/oohVaBiEOt
  (2013/03/30, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Oh dear. The children have forgotten to wake up this morning. Whatever shall we do ……
  (2013/03/30, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• It sounds like someone is bouncing a ball against a wall outside … And has been for hours. #GreatEscape
  (2013/03/30, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Why I try and avoid frontend web dev work – CSS etc – https://t.co/CQJXleJBSG
  (2013/03/30, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @MarkGoodge: If you haven’t already done so, please could you take my quick survey on salary perceptions: t.co/GnDMF2MUqc (and …
  (2013/03/30)
• The Easter Glendower dragon egg hunt was successful. t.co/08nIwLVDHp
  (2013/03/29)
• Superworm is super strong. Superworm is super long. Watch him wriggle, see him squirm. Hip hip horray for Superworm!
  (2013/03/25, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @cisnky: Mobile design: Avoid these 4 common user experience fails

  Read more at t.co/s42wqluGGb – t.co/r8iiM93vwV

  (2013/03/24)
• RT @claireyrocks: Old school twitter. t.co/96dzBW3Dib
  (2013/03/23)
• Anya and the snow lady. t.co/v3yldzgLQ1
  (2013/03/23, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• The #snowpocalypse hits Bromsgrove t.co/UwII0tWEwR
  (2013/03/23)
• The children had a lie in, it’s snowing heavily enough to make it possible to make a snow man … It might be a good weekend !
  (2013/03/23, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @googlenexus: Nexus 4 is now back in stock in the UK. Get the new smartphone from Google today: t.co/UJT2jzhdXh
  (2013/03/21)
• #snowpocalypse outside now. #uksnow 6/10 b60
  (2013/03/21)
• My old iphone4 seems like such a toy now I’m used to a “real” (larger) screen…. how did I ever manage / cope with something so small.
  (2013/03/20)
• CDs? DVDs? Videos? Paper books? We used to have some a long time ago…. Back when we were young…. #feelingOld
  (2013/03/17)
• I like the recent update for @whatsapp on android. Much nicer native feel.
  (2013/03/15, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @AvoncroftMuseum: t.co/6WKnAZpb1I – Our stand @EducationShow with big thanks to @TigerTurfUK who donated the grass! Come & …
  (2013/03/14)
• Really need to : a) finish completing tenders. b) tweet from the right account. c) sleep.
  (2013/03/14, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @pezholio: :facepalm: t.co/oTVQBHoZpN
  (2013/03/13)
• OH: “That’s done through Cron.hourly, which runs every 15 minutes … “
  (2013/03/12)
• Time to run away from some zombies (@ZombiesRunGame ). I finally figured out that I should sprint when the zombies are close. #niceButDim
  (2013/03/11, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @uobcompsci: Interested in Raspberry Pi? Attend the Birmingham Raspberry Jam this weekend, run by @uobcompsci student @JackWeirdy, ht …
  (2013/03/11)
• RT @SciencePunk: This is just brilliant. t.co/j5XhHjd38B
  (2013/03/10)
• RT @CaseySoftware: #protip When you meet a woman at a tech event instead of assuming she can’t be a dev ask “what’s your role on the tea …
  (2013/03/10)
• RT @rowan_m: For devs thinking “enterprise” == hiding functionality behind >9k layers, this parody is way too familiar. t.co/ …
  (2013/03/09)
• Overheard a parent in a restaurant say “Look at the children [mine] over there who are behaving.” while theirs misbehaved. #win
  (2013/03/09, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Excellent meal out at @TheStaggInn complete with edible ‘soil’ to gross out the kids t.co/gBU9HSOIO2
  (2013/03/09)
• RT @mikko: Details about the Android mobile malware creation toolkit called ‘Perkele’: t.co/c0kk9x6BSL
  #mobilemalware
  #google
  #pe …
  (2013/03/06)
• RT @fabpot: .@bramus: @fabpot I’m teaching my students Bachelor ICT to work with #Silex. Course Materials are on GitHub: t.co/tWz …
  (2013/03/06)
• RT @serverdensity: In praise of “boring” technology from Spotify – t.co/VpsXMbK5mu
  (2013/03/06)
• RT @mmasnick: Yay. New Humble Bundle for Android… https://t.co/2pRqfDEqTE
  (2013/03/06)
• Updated my Google password after 4 years. Couldn’t switch to / from Google authenticator on the phone itself when trying to log in #fail
  (2013/03/05, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• I wonder how long 1&1 will take to fix a customer’s virtual server. Clock’s at 2 hours+. If only they used @bytemark ….
  (2013/03/04, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @ukandrewtaylor: Ever need to create obfuscated MySQL data for use in your non-prod environment? https://t.co/H88q9kEg1L could help y …
  (2013/03/03)

Sometimes NFS breaks, and gives helpful messages like :

mount.nfs: connection timed out

or just:

Stale NFS handle on clients.

While I’m confident that my /etc/exports and other configuration files are correct, it still insists on misbehaving.

Below is a random shell script I seem to have created to fix the NFS server -

#!/bin/bash
set -e
/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server stop
/etc/init.d/nfs-common stop
/etc/init.d/rpcbind stop

rm -Rf /var/lib/nfs
mkdir /var/lib/nfs
mkdir /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs

for f in /var/lib/nfs/etab \
/var/lib/nfs/rmtab \
/var/lib/nfs/xtab; do
[ -e $f ] || touch $f
done

/etc/init.d/rpcbind start
sleep 2
/etc/init.d/nfs-common start
sleep 2
/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start

echo "NFS may now work"

exportfs -f

Yes… “NFS may now work” … that sums it up about right.

Hi,

Please remove 'xxxxxx' from your mailing list; we've no interest in golf…

Thanks,

David

They replied with :

REMOVED OK

But it was actually :

<FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=”Comic Sans MS”>REMOVED OK</FONT>

i.e.

So I had to reply with :

<div style=”text-align: center;”><u style=”font-size: 144px; color: rgb(245, 236, 0); font-family: ‘Comic Sans MS’; “><b>Thank you!1!!</b></u></div>

I fear the intricacies of my reply were lost on them.

1. The phone is symmetrical (or very close to it) – so I often pick it up the wrong way around – at least with an iPhone there was a button at the bottom which acts as an easy to feel guide so you can pick it up correctly in the dark. Adding a case to it helped.
2. You need a bumper/case for it… mine cost £3 on Amazon or something … without one it’s too slippery/slides off everything.
3. The battery life is both good and bad – while not in use, it lasts ages; but it has a big screen – so playing games or watching Netflix on it, will really kill the battery. I’m using Battery Widget Reborn – which does a great job at turning wifi/sound/gps etc all off overnight which helps a bit.
4. I came to use the Nexus 4 from using an iPhone – my main like is widgets – having something that updates in real time on your desktop (why did the iOS weather app never display today’s symbol?) is great.
5. I miss having a count of notification numbers next to the launch icons.
6. I kind of miss iMessage – in so far, as I wish Google had something similar. At the moment there is gtalk, google plus chat (or something) …. which don’t seem to be totally integrated … and I have to supplement this with WhatsApp which not all that many people use (here’s hoping for Google Babble)
7. I wish the Bluetooth integration was better – not being able to see track names etc on the £30 Sony MW600 thing I bought kind of sucks. I’m fairly sure that if my car was good enough to have a bluetooth capable radio, then I wouldn’t see any track names from it either :-/
8. I like Navigation – I’ve used this a number of times and it does a good job. If only I could make it’s voice louder though. Perhaps this is why I need a car radio with blue teeth.
9. I’ve not noticed that I’m missing any apps from iOS which aren’t available on Android – but I suspect I only regularly use ~10 (k9 mail, world war, twitter, whatsapp, bbc news, facebook, gallery, nagios, kashdroid, ZombieRun!).
10. The screen is a little too big to use it with only one hand.

• Why do all network file systems suck so much?
  (2013/02/26)
• To do list : 1) benchmark NFS clients to stop the minions moaning at work. 2) phpunit + spell check generated html. “Hygine” FTW!
  (2013/02/26)
• I suppose I’d better stare at the women doing water-robics or something.
  (2013/02/26)
• Check out the #zombiesrun profile for GingerDog https://t.co/JiRnHMqxv0
  (2013/02/25)
• RT @phpclasses: PHP Job: Software Engineer (Mobile) (telecommute) t.co/B8b39UceNE
  (2013/02/22)
• Apparently generating SSH key pairs is too difficult for someone who claims to be a programmer. *sigh*
  (2013/02/20, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• At the dentists again.
  (2013/02/20, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• The boss of Iceland comes across as a tit in one clip on the BBC news website. #horse #fail
  (2013/02/19, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Scientific tests have shown it is possible to eat too much chocolate :-/
  (2013/02/18, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Today I’m 22. Sort of. 0×22.
  (2013/02/17, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Coo. All clear. For now. #AtLeastMyBloodIsRed
  (2013/02/14, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Stupid nose. Stop bleeding! I know I ran for 30 mins after it started. But even so …. Soldering iron welcome #DIYMedicine
  (2013/02/14, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• For the purposes of science (content testing and to ensure they’re horse free) … (I blame @moreteadoctor ) t.co/0u6VFFtM
  (2013/02/14, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Going running has become fun after using @ZombiesRunGame … Not sure what my character is going to do with all the underwear he’s found
  (2013/02/13, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @mikko: TV Emergency Alert System in Montana hacked to interrupt the broadcast, warning that the dead are rising from graves: http:// …
  (2013/02/12)
• RT @DrunkRogue68: Resignation refused I think as lightning strikes St Peter’s Basilica as Pope resigns t.co/hRnoDGFF
  (2013/02/12)
• 3/10 b60 #uksnow thin layer. Sticking. Falling reasonably well.
  (2013/02/11, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• The trees and things outside are covered in a thin layer of dandruff again. I must remember to buy some better shampoo….
  (2013/02/11, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Perhaps I’ll stop listening to t.co/rSOONpOc soon … one day…. #Groovelectric
  (2013/02/11)
• It doesn’t seem ideal weather for kite flying. t.co/SsGCQurx
  (2013/02/09)
• So far this morning – “… You’re not a real [monster,] dad” and “you’re not a proper grown up!”. #children #noParentingBadgesForMe
  (2013/02/09)
• Weee… faster broadband (~18mbit) is appreciated @BeBroadband … but where’s your FTTC ?
  (2013/02/08)
• BeThere (ISP) are offering to renew my ADSL for £18/month (saving £4). Yet they have it half price (£11/month) on their front page. Hmm.
  (2013/02/07)
• It’s tempting to answer the PPI phone calls / texts – just to waste their time / money.
  (2013/02/06)
• RT @StackParenting: Should you let a toddler win? t.co/96WV3d9T #toddler
  (2013/02/05)
• I wish I hadn’t started making a work related to do list. It keeps growing.
  (2013/02/02)

• RT @TidyBooksWales: great Android app for Kashflow thanks @PalePurpleLtd t.co/ZxVvJJ3i
  (2013/01/31)
• This bus is trying it’s best at being stuffy and making me feel sick. Grr.
  (2013/01/30, Birmingham, Birmingham)
• RT @KashFlow: Introducing KashDroid – Android app for @kashflow – t.co/Kn8HATW1
  (2013/01/30)
• Alex appears to have a new toy. Size matters, apparently. (Phantom 630 massive computer case). t.co/6of4GYpw
  (2013/01/30)
• Somewhere to go for a working vacation – https://t.co/c42ZU20l
  (2013/01/29)
• It’s now nice and peaceful at home.
  (2013/01/27)
• I want some of the whatever natural herbal / stimulant / speed / drug thing the kids have been taking. Perhaps it is the sunshine.
  (2013/01/26, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• 16 CPU cores and 6 Gb of RAM …. not the best configuration for a web server. #canHasMoreMemory
  (2013/01/20)
• Light covering. Still falling. 3/10. Not bad. #uksnow
  (2013/01/17)
• A pirate and his shipwreck was washed up on our doorstep this morning. Thanks Caroline. t.co/0oxaCC9V
  (2013/01/16)
• While doing Rowan’s word box earlier … “What’s this?” I ask holding up ‘Rock’.
  “C-o-c-k. Cock. ”
  #mustNotLaugh
  (2013/01/14)
• The children have taken me shopping.
  (2013/01/12)
• Wondering how many layers to wear while running tonight. It seems to have suddenly gone cold. #-(
  (2013/01/10)
• Apparently it takes 8 minutes to run to school. Obviously in wouldn’t know how this is so ….
  (2013/01/09)
• Rowan’s response to being reminded there is school tomorrow: “I feel ill. I can’t go to school.”
  #notFallingForThat. #wolf #wolf #wolf etc
  (2013/01/08)
• Back to school tomorrow!
  But will we wake up to get there on time ? Tune in same bat time on the same bat channel. #DoABarrelRoll now
  (2013/01/08)
• Beeping a car horn like that after midnight isn’t going to earn you many friends. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. #nob
  (2013/01/08)
• RT @TheMikeBennett: Trolls and Other Stories. #Free for Amazon #Kindle for 3 days, from today. Tales of #horror & the grotesque? Oh …
  (2013/01/05)
• RT @glynwintle: sql injection vulnerability in Active Record in ALL versions Ruby on Rails t.co/BpITfSvC
  (2013/01/02)
• RT @NickFitz: Excellent read: @PME2013 tears the Daily Mail a new one t.co/yfLJ3XN7
  (2013/01/02)
• The Ubuntu for Mobile phones presentation looks interesting – t.co/SRtt881m – wondering how vapourware-ish it is.
  (2013/01/02)
• RT @smarimc: Icelandic Pirate Party is polling at 2.5% in first ever poll. Interesting times ahead.
  (2013/01/02)
• Just packaged up Postfixadmin 2.3.6 … It looks like there will be a release soon #php #postfix #sysadmin
  (2013/01/02)

• I guess I'd better send one of those generic happy new year SMS messages now too……
  (2012/12/31)
• sleep 2930 && echo 'happy new year'
  (2012/12/31)
• RT @TheLazyDog_: #Security t.co/7jaysTey
  (2012/12/27)
• Caroline rules!
  (2012/12/26)
• RT @cdmh: Someone at Google used a signed int on Santa Tracker & didn't think it through. Santa stealing presents? t.co/X6gnC …
  (2012/12/25)
• Ho ho ho. Merry Christmas everyone.
  (2012/12/24)
• Time to put the reindeer food out. #santa #pleaseVisitUs t.co/CEVe8CbY
  (2012/12/24)
• RT @asda: The lengths people go to for the best prices at #Christmas… t.co/QaOtBHNG
  (2012/12/24)
• Oh no! The shops aren't open tomorrow. Panic stations ! Must buy more stuff.
  (2012/12/24)
• The kids are still asleep at 9am! And still ill. Will they be better by Tuesday, or will I have to write to Santa to call Xmas off?
  (2012/12/22)
• Time to generate the videos from Santa for the kids … t.co/hpdKVBx1
  (2012/12/19)
• RT @BromsgroveHC: RESCHEDULED DATE FOR QUICK STICkS TOURNAMENT
  wednesday 30th January – 9:30-11:30 Bromsgrove school.

  If you are… htt …

  (2012/12/19)
• In Frankie and Benny's a double double stack burger has 3 burgers. 2×2 = 3(!). @aypok has nearly finished one off. t.co/JflGO8cl
  (2012/12/18, Warwick, Warwickshire)
• RT @io9: Here's why you shouldn't nuke a hurricane t.co/cTU2hVNo
  (2012/12/17)
• Yucky Sherry. Not trying that again in a hurry.
  (2012/12/15, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @juokaz: iOS Maps took me to a mountain road, eventually resulting in a dead-stuck situation (Car got rescued the next morning) http: …
  (2012/12/15)
• RT @J_Pingen: Google 1 – 0 Apple. t.co/Qn0Z3hOP
  (2012/12/15)
• Christmas: When you refer to 'whois' domain records to find people's addresses and send them squares of dead tree via old fashioned mail
  (2012/12/13)
• Asda's battered cod fillets contain only 52% fish. So, not far off "batter fillet, with a taste of cod". t.co/ycHhrClc
  (2012/12/12, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Come on Nexus 4; Hurry up and arrive before Xmas (Grown ups need a toy to play with on the big day too ….) #google #nexus #nexus4
  (2012/12/12)
• It's school nativity time.
  Now will anyone be recording it on an iPad?
  (2012/12/12, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @AdamSRussell: FFS. It's 12/12/12 not 12/12/12 you silly Americans!
  (2012/12/12)
• Achievement unlocked : sweaty hair icicles!
  10+ km. freezing fog etc.
  (2012/12/11, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• I suppose it's no longer shorts wearing weather #cold #running
  (2012/12/11, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• BT Infinity may be fast, but it's not as reliable as BeThere's ADSL #PacketLoss #UDPProblems
  (2012/12/10)
• RT @lanibeno: There's no better feeling than laying next to the one you love while they sleep. Unaware that you love them. Or that you'r …
  (2012/12/10)
• We're on the 16:00 Santa Express, shortly departing from Kidderminster, destination … Err. Lapland ? #SteamEngine
  (2012/12/09, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire)
• Severn Valley Railway + Santa today.
  Will Santa have a real beard? If not, will one of my children notice? Or try pulling it off?
  (2012/12/09, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @GoogleWebStudio: We’re SO annoyed by XKCD today<A>: t.co/v6x4bNoL</a>
  (2012/12/07)
• I don't get the point of left handed scissors and find 'normal' scissors work best.
  (2012/12/07, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• Festive christmas Indian Food (!!!) this morning. Move over mince pies – we've got bhajis, samosas & things. Thx coop! t.co/AinCDVp0
  (2012/12/06, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
• RT @ScottFilmCritic: Whoever stacked these books is both evil and hilarious. t.co/AjkNEBDc
  (2012/12/04)

The docs/guides online which I could find were a bit cryptic, or incomplete, so here’s what I ended up doing :

Edit /etc/default/virtualbox and add in the following two lines :

VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox
VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg

Then create /etc/vbox/autostart.cfg with :

# See e.g. https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#autostart
default_policy = deny
vbox = {
    allow = true
}

(My virtual machines run under a user called ‘vbox’).

Finally, set the VMs to autostart and so on – so as the user who the VMs should run as (in my case, vbox) run the following commands :

VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox
VBoxManage modifyvm NameOfVirtualMachine --autostart-enabled on
VBoxManage modifyvm NameOfAnotherVirtualMachine --autostart-enabled on
....

Then, as root, run :

/etc/init.d/vboxautostart-service start

And you’ll then see your various VMs running.