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Re: Failed to open /dev/ttySO



Hello

Philippe Dhont   (Sea-ro) (<philippe.dhont@searo.be>) wrote:

> I am using smsclient with a normal user.
> I changed some settings and smsclient works with root and normally
> also with a normal user but i have troubles with /dev/ttyS0
> 
> The user has no rights for ttyS0 ?
> ==> Failed to open /dev/ttyS0
> 
> How can i change my /dev/ttyS0 so that a regular user can use it ?

Check the permissions. Normally only root and the dialout group have
read and write access to /dev/ttyS*. Adding the user to the dialout
group can probably solve the problem.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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