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minus-squarekrooklochurmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhy? This is a great opportunity for me to learn a thing. Thanks!
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI Googled it to double check and it’s for serial devices.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s not a group that exists in all distros, ymmv
Why? This is a great opportunity for me to learn a thing. Thanks!
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