[MacPorts] #30992: virtualbox: enable hardening

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#30992: virtualbox: enable hardening
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  rmstonecipher@…           
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  assigned                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                            
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  2.0.1                     
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  virtualbox                
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Comment(by cp@…):

 Replying to [comment:22 carsomyr@…]:
 > Chris,
 >
 > Can you confirm that VirtualBox is going to fail if the permissions of
 any directory in ${prefix} (default is /Applications/MacPorts) isn't owned
 by root:admin?
 >
 > -Roy
 Yes, as I wrote in the first comment this is the case. Sorry, we are a
 little bit paranoid in this area.

 As the average user is doing the default install, I don't see any problems
 with that. For the others a warning is a good indicator that something can
 goes wrong.

 Chris

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