what name does com1 rs232 get in F16+ ?

Daniel J Walsh dwalsh at redhat.com
Tue May 29 15:19:43 UTC 2012


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On 05/28/2012 05:43 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
But when in doubt it is always a good idea to blame it.  :^(
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