Ubuntu
user-setup package

desktop user has no access to serial ports

Bug #988474 reported by Tormod Volden
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Bug Description

Serial port are attributed to the dialout group:
$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Apr 25 20:35 /dev/ttyUSB0

But the default (administrator) desktop user is not member of dialout:
$ id
uid=1000(tormod) gid=1000(tormod) groups=1000(tormod),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),109(lpadmin),124(sambashare)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/user-setup/+bug/814270/comments/5 says desktop users do not need raw tty access, but serial ports? They must be available IMO.

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