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| author |  Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com> | 2015-12-28 15:05:15 +0200 |
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| committer |  Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2015-12-28 08:28:15 -0800 |
| commit | 1f4d02a861aa22cf4f828e1139e0e6354b24b022 (patch) | |
| tree | 703191e10c203114fc6a859a9dc6fe775af3e610 /Documentation | |
| parent | c7c9fb0bb0cb4a1fb0168f4dc5f7c20635672bff (diff) | |
| download | subsurface-1f4d02a861aa22cf4f828e1139e0e6354b24b022.tar.gz | |
Improve group information on USB device
As the group can be something else than dialout on some systems, mention
this on user manual.
Signed-off-by: Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 08e8b0b7b..e4d20270d 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -3547,8 +3547,12 @@ USB port. Ensuring the user has write permission to the USB serial port: On Unix-like operating systems the USB ports can only be accessed by users who -are members -of the +dialout+ group. If one is not root, one may not be a member of +are members special group that can be e.g. ++dialout+ or +uucp+. This can be verified by listing the appropriate +device permissions e.g. by +ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0+. Note that the number in +the file name depends on how many USB devices you have connected, and +must be adjusted appropriately. +If one is not root, one may not be a member of that group and won't be able to use the USB port. Let us assume one's username is 'johnB'. |