I have this same problem on Xubunut 16.04. I cannot access rfcomm* except as root, despite the permissions:
$ ls -al /dev/rfcomm0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 216, 0 Feb 18 13:58 /dev/rfcomm0 and my membership to dialout: $ id bob uid=1000(bob) gid=1000(bob) groups=1000(bob),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),115(lpadmin),131(sambashare) I would like to access rfcomm0 via putty, but it WILL only work with $ sudo putty Is there a workaround that can permanently fix this? Thanks bob. Cheers, Bob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1014992 Title: Ubuntu 12.04, i386, cannot use rfcomm as regular user. Permission denied. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1014992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
