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--- arduino:arduino_on_linux [2019/12/28 20:15] – mithat
+++ arduino:arduino_on_linux [2019/12/28 20:18] – [Serial port permissions] mithat
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 ==== Serial port permissions ====
-Depending on your distribution, you might need to add permission to your user so it can access ''/dev/ttyACM*'' or whatever. On my Debian system, the following worked (as root):
+Depending on your distribution, you may need to add permission to your user so it can access ''/dev/ttyACM*'' or whatever. On my Debian sid system, all I needed to do was add my user to the ''dialout'' group. The following did the trick (as root):
 <code>
 # usermod -a -G dialout <username>
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 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{product}=="USBtiny", ATTR{idProduct}=="0c9f", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1781", MODE="0660", GROUP="dialout"
 </code>
-The next time you log in, your USBtiny //should// work as expected --- unless the ''product'', ''idProduct'', and/or ''idVendor'' attributes aren't as expected. You can confirm these values by plugging in your USBtiny and running dmesg (as root):
+The next time you log in, your USBtiny //should// work as expected --- unless the ''product'', ''idProduct'', and/or ''idVendor'' attributes aren't as expected. You can confirm these values by plugging in your USBtiny and running ''dmesg'' (as root):
 <code>
 # dmesg