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setting sensor port permissions

asked 2014-10-20 11:54:08 -0500

TJump
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updated 2014-10-20 11:54:25 -0500

I'm working with different sensors that all require I run things like:

$ sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyACM0

$ sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyUSB0

to set the port permissions before ROS can see the sensor data. I would like to set these permanently (or somehow in a config or launch file) so I don't need to manually process this step with each attempt to run my app.

Please advise.

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answered 2014-10-20 12:01:10 -0500

tonybaltovski

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Add yourself to the dialout group using sudo adduser MyUser dialout and log out.

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Thanks Tony!!

TJump ( 2014-10-20 12:57:24 -0500 )edit

The answer works because those devices you listed are owned by the dialout group. The more general way to do this is with udev rules. See this page: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_ud...

jarvisschultz ( 2014-10-20 15:40:15 -0500 )edit

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