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minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoBarely a Linux user but I did some troubleshooting recently and my basic understanding is that adding yourself to the dialout group lets your user access certain USB devices.
minus-squarekrooklochurm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI’ve never needed to do that. Hm.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI Googled it to double check and it’s for serial devices.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt’s not a group that exists in all distros, ymmv
Barely a Linux user but I did some troubleshooting recently and my basic understanding is that adding yourself to the dialout group lets your user access certain USB devices.
Serial devices too
I’ve never needed to do that. Hm.
I Googled it to double check and it’s for serial devices.
It’s not a group that exists in all distros, ymmv