diff --git a/vboxdrv.sh b/vboxdrv.sh
index 57da4da..57bed21 100644
--- a/vboxdrv.sh
+++ b/vboxdrv.sh
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ cleanup_usb()
     rm -rf /dev/vboxusb
 }
 
-start()
+start_drv()
 {
     begin_msg "Starting VirtualBox services" console
     if [ -d /proc/xen ]; then
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ start()
     succ_msg "VirtualBox services started"
 }
 
-stop()
+stop_drv()
 {
     begin_msg "Stopping VirtualBox services" console
 
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ if [ -r $VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG ]; then
 # Extract the user name - the first word on the line            
                 user=$(echo $i | head -n1 | cut -d "." -f1)
 # autostop the VMs for that user
+		begin_msg "Stopping VMs for user $user" console
                 su - $user -c "/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxAutostart --stop --config $VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG"
+		succ_msg "VMs for user $user stopped"
         done
 fi
 IFS=$OLD_IFS
@@ -337,13 +339,15 @@ if [ -r $VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG ]; then
 # Extract the user name - the first word on the line            
                 user=$(echo $i | head -n1 | cut -d "." -f1)
 # autostart the VMs for that user
-                su - $user -c "/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxAutostart --background --start --config $VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG"
+		begin_msg "Starting VMs for user $user" console
+                su - $user -c "/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxAutostart --start --config $VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG"
+		succ_msg "VMs for user $user started"
         done
 fi
 IFS=$OLD_IFS
 }
 
-cleanup()
+cleanup_vb()
 {
     for i in /lib/modules/*; do
         # We could just do "rm -f", but we only want to try deleting folders if
@@ -365,7 +369,7 @@ cleanup()
 }
 
 # setup_script
-setup()
+setup_vb()
 {
 #   Try to build the host kernel modules in case prepackaging has failed
     /sbin/vboxconfig
@@ -405,18 +409,18 @@ dmnstatus()
 
 case "$1" in
 start)
-    start
+    start_drv
     start_vms
     ;;
 stop)
     stop_vms
-    stop
+    stop_drv
     ;;
 stop_vms)
     stop_vms
     ;;
 restart)
-    stop && start
+    "$0" stop && "$0" start
     ;;
 setup)
     # Create udev rule and USB device nodes.
@@ -425,17 +429,17 @@ setup)
     ## todo Do we need a udev rule to create /dev/vboxdrv[u] at all?  We have
     ## working fall-back code here anyway, and the "right" code is more complex
     ## than the fall-back.  Unnecessary duplication?
-    stop && cleanup
+    stop_drv && cleanup_vb
     setup_usb "$GROUP" "$DEVICE_MODE" "$INSTALL_DIR"
-    setup && start
+    setup_vb && start_drv
     ;;
 cleanup)
-    stop && cleanup
+    stop_drv && cleanup_vb
     cleanup_usb
     ;;
 force-reload)
-    stop
-    start
+    "$0" stop
+    "$0" start
     ;;
 status)
     dmnstatus
diff --git a/virtualbox.changes b/virtualbox.changes
index bcb92ca..9515246 100644
--- a/virtualbox.changes
+++ b/virtualbox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec  8 18:10:09 UTC 2018 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- proper permissions for /etc/vbox/*.cfg
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec  8 14:17:50 UTC 2018 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- remove ambiguous labels in vboxdrv: fixes restart and such
+- make autostarting synchronous again
+- improve README.autostart
+- add new autostart variables to the existing /etc/default/virtualbox
+  in %post, if missing
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  5 12:10:20 UTC 2018 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
 
diff --git a/virtualbox.spec b/virtualbox.spec
index 977b755..d5b0604 100644
--- a/virtualbox.spec
+++ b/virtualbox.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package virtualbox
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -800,6 +800,18 @@ getent group vboxsf >/dev/null || groupadd -r vboxsf
 %set_permissions %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxNetAdpCtl
 %set_permissions %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxHeadless
 %service_add_post vboxdrv.service
+# add new autostart stuff to the existing default config, if missing
+grep -q VBOXAUTOSTART /etc/default/virtualbox || {
+    cat >> /etc/default/virtualbox << EOF
+#
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Autostart
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox
+VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg
+
+EOF
+}
 
 %post qt
 %set_permissions %{_vbox_instdir}/VirtualBox
@@ -928,16 +940,16 @@ export DISABLE_RESTART_ON_UPDATE=yes
 %{_unitdir}/vboxdrv.service
 %{_unitdir}/multi-user.target.wants/vboxdrv.service
 %{_sbindir}/rcvboxdrv
-%dir %{_sysconfdir}/vbox
-%attr(1775,root,vboxusers) %{_sysconfdir}/vbox
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/vbox/vbox.cfg
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/vbox/autostart.cfg
 /sbin/vboxconfig
 %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh
 %verify(not mode) %attr(0755,root,vboxusers) %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxNetNAT
 %verify(not mode) %attr(4750,root,vboxusers) %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxNetDHCP
 %verify(not mode) %attr(4750,root,vboxusers) %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxNetAdpCtl
 %verify(not mode) %attr(4750,root,vboxusers) %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxHeadless
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/vbox
+%attr(1775,root,vboxusers) %{_sysconfdir}/vbox
+%config %attr(644,root,vboxusers) %{_sysconfdir}/vbox/vbox.cfg
+%config %attr(644,root,vboxusers) %{_sysconfdir}/vbox/autostart.cfg
 
 %files qt
 %defattr(-, root, root)