error while installing virtual box extension pack

[Anup]

i am using fedora 16.i run wndows xp virtually.i wanted to enable usb support, so i had to install the extension pack but it gave me this error

Failed to install the Extension Pack /home/anup/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.8-75467.vbox-extpack.

The installer failed with exit code 127: The value for the SHELL variable was not found the /etc/shells file

This incident has been reported..

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: ExtPackManager Interface: IExtPackManager {3295e6ce-b051-47b2-9514-2c588bfe7554}

[nico]

For me, it worked after I added the following lines to /ets/shells : /bin/bash /bin/sh

I think one of there two would be enough but I was impacient and added both of them at the same time.

[Perry G]

This is/was a bug in Fedora. Fix has been released.

​http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F16_bugs#Bash_entry_in_.2Fetc.2Fshells_disappears_after_update

[Frank Mehnert]

Thanks! I think we can close this bug in that case.