From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C9713838B for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B69E5E08EF; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA838E08E5 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1ACF3400A4 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.636 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.636 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.452, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.684, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OLRe82rmN5Dv for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2A4134003D for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XWslV-0002ve-8A for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:02:17 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:02:17 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:02:17 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: /dev/ttyUSB* group changed from uucp to root? Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: cef7a960-e61a-417a-8fa1-38b8134bd243 X-Archives-Hash: 3f4cfab579b0392e2961fd1e369385c7 On 2014-09-24, Grant Edwards wrote: > After an update yesterday, I've noticed that the group assigned to > ttyUSB devices has changed from uucp to root. Non-USB serial ports > still seem to be uucp. > > Was this change intentional? If so, why? P.S. It's easy enough to fix by adding a GROUP="uucp" to the udev rule for the serial device in question, but why would users be expected to do that in order to get the normal ownership for a serial port? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! HELLO KITTY gang at terrorizes town, family gmail.com STICKERED to death!