[Bug 1014992] Re: Ubuntu 12.04, i386, cannot use rfcomm as regular user. Permission denied.

[gratefulfrog]

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
Bluetooth, which is subscribed to bluez in 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