Re: Permissions for /dev/ttyS0

Barry Jackson <zen25000-1HOZaDBbGgxaa/[email protected]> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:36:12 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.expert
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On 17/04/11 14:29, Angelo Naselli wrote:
> In data venerdì 15 aprile 2011 18:34:12, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati ha scritto:
>> The system keeps resetting those to 660, owner root.
>>
>> How can I stop this, so a user can use the com port without having each
>> time to su and chmod to 666 ?
> I'm almost sure i've changed something in udev rules in past, but
> I believe the right way is to give users that have to manage ttyS0 the
> right rights.
> Check the group that the device belongs to and add it to those users,
> that should help.
> For instance in my case:
> [angelo@gandalf ~]$ ll /dev/ttyS0
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 2011-04-17 15:08 /dev/ttyS0
> [angelo@gandalf ~]$ groups
> angelo [...] dialout [...]
>
> Cheers,

Yes IIRC I just added myself to the dialout group when I had this problem.