Or just have local users able to access serial ports by default in Ubuntu, like they can other facilities of the local machine (sound, graphics, ...) -- the restriction seems like a bit of a throwback.
Having installation of a package change group membership (and that of only the "current user") seems unnecessarily complicated and fragile. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012630 Title: Can't access serial port without root To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/putty/+bug/1012630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
