How do I allow regular user access to ttyUSB0 ?

[Rick Stevens]

Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a USB serial port that I use with my laptop.  Its a PL2303
>> device.   Linux recognizes it correctly and assigns it to device
>> ttyUSB0.
>>
>> I am having a problem whereby I can use ttyUSB0 as root but not as a
>> regular user.  I need to allow regular user access to ttyUSB0.  How do I
>> do this ?
> Try this:
> 
> In the F10 Gnome desktop
> System Menu->System->Authorizations
> 
> In the Authorizations gui tree select
> 
> org->freedesktop->hal->device access->serial modems

It's actually in the "System->Preferences->System->Authorizations"
menu under Gnome.

> Change the authorizations to whatever you like. You can open to all
> users you can open to just the active console user, you can select
> users.  For the sake of testing open it up to anyone without needing
> authentication. Once that is modified try plugging in the usb serial
> device and seeing if access works for your user.
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