Accessing serial-usb ports

[Russell]

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At 04:55 PM 8/13/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 11:31:13PM -0400, phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote
>>
>>> A Linux serial-usb port is created as owned by root and you have to
>>> become root and change these permissions every time a device is plugged
>>> and unplugged, or when you reboot. We need a better solution.
>
>>   The *DEFAULT* udev behaviour is to create /dev entries owned by root
>> and assigned permissions 660.  You want to change the default for one or
>> more devices.  Check out the udev rule-writing information at...
>> http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html and specifically the
>> section "Controlling permissions and ownership", where you can change
>> any/all of owner, group, and access permissions.
>
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
>
>This is a hopeful pointer, Walter, thank-you. I'll have a look at that
>approach.
>
>-- 
>Peter Hiscocks
>Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto
>http://www.syscompdesign.com
>USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
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