<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpbc272d36yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I did as suggested. Thanks for clearing up my minsunderstanding, Matt.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">After the sudo commands I ran my downloaded python source code and it produced this.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><div style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0);">SerialException:</span> [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyACM0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyACM0'</div><div style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; margin: 0px;"><br></div></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Going back to the command prompt this is what went on.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>rhys@Apollo:~$ sudo putty -serial /dev/ttyACM0</div><div><br></div><div>[sudo] password for rhys: </div><div><br></div><div>rhys@Apollo:~$ sudo usermod -a -G dialout $(whoami)</div><div><br></div><div>rhys@Apollo:~$ id</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>uid=1000(rhys) gid=1000(rhys) groups=1000(rhys),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),114(lpadmin),134(sambashare)</div><div>rhys@Apollo:~$ </div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">There's no mention of a dialout. This is strange. I'm a little curious about the dialout. I remember the old days of using a modem and dialling out to a phone number to use the internet. I'm unsure of how that process applies to a GPS module. This is intriguing and I want to know more.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpbc272d36signature">Rhys Sage</div></div>
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On Monday, 14 February 2022, 07:00:06 GMT-5, <swlug-request@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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somewhat pathetic... How do I access the root account? I
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<p>Rhys,</p>
<p>If you just run the commands in Alice's email, that'll run the
command as root. If that works, then run the next command to add
yourself to the dialout group. The command 'sudo' stands for
super user do. In this case the super user is root. On Ubuntu
systems there isn't a root account you can login to. If you want
to do something as root, you can just use the 'sudo' command.<br>
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