I get :

"the group dialout already exists"
 

I'm going to log out and in again...
holmzie N2EXG


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com>
To: holmziep <holmziep@netscape.net>; Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 26, 2020 5:44 pm
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Having troubles

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 5:03 PM holmzieN2EXG via chirp_users
<chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>
> OK, Im logged in the terminal as superuser.  What is the syntax for the command to add holmzie to the dialout?
>
Pete,

From the "Running under Linux" documentation page...

sudo addgroup "$USERNAME" dialout

so for you it would be...


sudo addgroup holmzie dialout


https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux

Note: You will then need to log out and back in for it to take effect.

Jim KC9HI