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Re: [TCLUG:21089] Right way to handle USB



> So which is the correct way to do this? Should I be making random users
> members of group tty as needed, or should I just chmod the /dev/ttyUSBx to
> allow any user permission at any time? Is there any inherent risk to
> stability or security making random users members of group tty? IS there a
> risk by opening up the permissions to the /dev/ttyUSBx ?

Access to USB what for what exact purpose? Usually for serial stuff
whatever app is being used setgid's itself to tty as needed...