After the last update I get VBOX warnings

In the following file: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules, i found:

KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
KERNEL=="vboxdrvu", NAME="vboxdrvu", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0666"
KERNEL=="vboxnetctl", NAME="vboxnetctl", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"

and these boot message (in red) journalctl:

systemd-udevd[318]: vboxdrvu: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:2 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrvu".
systemd-udevd[305]: vboxdrv: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:1 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrv".
systemd-udevd[304]: vboxnetctl: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:3 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxnetctl".

Update: looks like these messages in red are warnings or hints, rules got applied:

$ ls -l /dev/vbox*
crw------- 1 root root      10, 58 16. Sep 20:12 /dev/vboxdrv
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root      10, 57 16. Sep 20:12 /dev/vboxdrvu
crw------- 1 root root      10, 56 16. Sep 20:12 /dev/vboxnetctl

What is happening?

Nothing besides your attempt formatting the stuff which looks ugly and is incorrect.
Correct in parts, the whole message in the journal is red but it is not a string like that :

systemd-udevd[318]: "vboxdrvu: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:2 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME=vboxdrvu"

Please read this:

Especially the What’s this Upstream / Downstream business and then file a bug upstream…

:bowing_man:

Why should I read this HowTo?

i have the same errors after restart.
is it an issue?anything i should do on my part?

It’s not an error.
You don’t have to do anything.

udev says: Only network interfaces can be renamed.

vboxdrv is not a network interface and the rule might be ok without the “NAME”

KERNEL=="vboxdrvu", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0666"
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Tested. The messages are gone; owner, group and access rights set :

KERNEL=="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
KERNEL=="vboxdrvu", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0666"
KERNEL=="vboxnetctl", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
$ ls -l /dev/vbox*
crw------- 1 root root      10, 58 17. Sep 00:53 /dev/vboxdrv
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root      10, 57 17. Sep 00:53 /dev/vboxdrvu
crw------- 1 root root      10, 56 17. Sep 00:53 /dev/vboxnetctl

so you’ve edited the file and removed the “NAME”?

These are normal expected messages.

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maybe “normal” since the last update .

These are NOT normal expected messages and especially: Marked Red in the Journal.
The parameter “NAME” is used in the context of networking only.

I don’t need further unclean messages and maybe there is a reason to get rid of unclean rules.
Who knows.

@linub
yes, removing the parameter NAME and udev is happy.

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Solution posted here:

And solution wiki updated.

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