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Re: [gpsd-users] raspbian gpsd:ERROR: read-only device open failed: Perm
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: [gpsd-users] raspbian gpsd:ERROR: read-only device open failed: Permission denied |
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Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:58:42 -0700 |
Yo Sebastian!
On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:03:09 +0100
"Sebastian E. Ovide" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm using a GPS dongle on a raspberryPI. (raspbian)
Cool.
> which is gpsd runs as "nobody" but /dev/ttyUSB0 as no read privileges
> for nobody !
You should be running gpsd as root, and letting gpsd do the dropping
of priveledges. Otherwise, as you see, it breaks a lot of things.
> If I do chmod a+r /dev/ttyUSB0 it would work but as soon as I reboot
> the device or I unplug and plug the GPS back again, udev would
> recreate the folder and therefore revert the permissions ?
Which is why you need to fix your udev rules to create /dev/ttyUSBx in
a way compatible with the over limited way you start gpsd.
> I could change the scripts but just wondering... is it a bug ?it
> should work out of the box without hacking system scripts...
Yes, a bug in your setup that your permeissions are not self consistent.
RGDS
GARY
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