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| author | Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> | 2016-07-04 21:45:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> | 2016-07-04 21:45:11 +0200 |
| commit | 7ba25cd28839641e4a1db00b2d1c72372e5d18e9 (patch) | |
| tree | fca4dd0ab249ed53e6de3bed0ef604ec5125c382 | |
| parent | ecf7d6e04c687b5e7930b79eba583d7673598443 (diff) | |
| download | pyserial-git-7ba25cd28839641e4a1db00b2d1c72372e5d18e9.tar.gz | |
docs: extend FAQ
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diff --git a/documentation/appendix.rst b/documentation/appendix.rst index 5d8bae0..0710f6f 100644 --- a/documentation/appendix.rst +++ b/documentation/appendix.rst @@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ User supplied URL handlers search path in :data:`serial.protocol_handler_packages`. This is possible starting from pySerial V2.6. +``Permission denied`` errors + On POSIX based systems, the user usually needs to be in a special group to + have access to serial ports. + + On Debian based systems, serial ports are usually in the group ``dialout``, + so running ``sudo adduser $USER dialout`` (and logging-out and -in) enables + the user to use the port. + Related software ================ |