Package: gpsd Version: 2.39-2 Hello,
according to the man-page, gpsd drops privileges to the first GPS device name passed on the command line, or, if that device does not exist, to the group of /dev/ttyS0. When started via init.d and a hotplugable usb device e.g. on a laptop without ttyS0 (quite common, I'd say), neither a device on the command line is given nor does /dev/ttyUSB0 exist. gpsd keeps its startup group, root. When the gps device is plugged in, /dev/ttyUSB0 is created, with group dialout. As gpsd has dropped its privileges, it cannot access the device. I propose changing the behaviour is staying with the original gid to switching to the dialout group when there is no specific device a take as a template. Maybe the creation of a gps group, reflecting this in the gpsd hotplug script and using it as a fallback might also be an idea. Bye, Joerg
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