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Dec 20 13:37:12 <ron_> what sort of lame distro requires you to be root to use a serial port?
Dec 20 13:52:17 <Md> everyone, hopefully
Dec 20 14:01:27 <ron_> why does udev put them in group dialout then ;?
Dec 20 14:02:11 <Md> because this is how it is supposed to work? if an user needs to directly access a serial port you add it to the dialout group
Dec 20 14:03:27 <ron_> which is what I first said isn't it?  that's not the same as running running your terminal app as root
Dec 20 14:06:11 <ron_> (or maybe you missed the earlier context of Q: "do we have to be root to open a serial terminal on a /dev device?"  A: yes ...)
Dec 20 14:06:43 <Md> indeed
Dec 20 14:07:33 <ron_> ah, then you and I are on the same page about this at least :)
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