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Fix for when vbox/vagrant/VBoxManage won't start due to NS_ERROR_FAILURE/host-only adapter
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vbfix.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
# for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.
#
# Command: ["hostonlyif", "create"]
#
# Stderr: 0%...
# Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
# VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter
# VBoxManage: error: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while adding new interface: failed to open /dev/vboxnetctl: No such file or directory
#
# VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterface, interface IHostNetworkInterface
# VBoxManage: error: Context: "int handleCreate(HandlerArg*, int, int*)" at line 68 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp
#
# VM must be running to open SSH connection. Run `vagrant up`
# to start the virtual machine.
#
sudo /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox restart
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Usually occurs on vagrant up

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