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Add the user to the group dialout

Don't waist time to set rights on your usb devices.

On Ubuntu 12.04 it is enough to add the user to the group dialout

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

The user have to logout and to login again to update the policy.

Greetings Markus

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