On 05/28/2012 04:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Maybe this explains why I'm unable to access the serial port... once again SELinux > more a pain in the ass rather than of real use... > > http://www.ukraa.com/www/faq/75-starbar/102-fedora15rxtx.html > > > Fedora 15 Unable to connect to serial port > > Written by Administrator Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:16 > > Fedora 15 fails to connect to USB - Serial port or inbuilt serial port > > Fedora 15 comes with a restrictive user policy. > > Your user account need to be in the dialout group you can accomplish this with the > command below run as the root user. > > usermod -a -G dialout <username> > Wow.... :-) :-) And did you know that one needs to be part of the "wireshark" group to use wireshark as a normal user? And, you have to part of the "vboxusers" group to gain access to USB devices when using VirtualBox? This has nothing to do with selinux. It is normal unix/linux limiting policy. -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
