Hi. Just a small tweak to the README to mention that it's necessary to
run chmod in addition to chgrp on the /dev/usbXX device. This is
necessary because the permissions of USB device nodes was tightened up
during the 6.7 dev cycle.



.joel


Index: ports/sysutils/nut/pkg/README-main
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RCS file: /cvs/ports/sysutils/nut/pkg/README-main,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -p -u -r1.10 README-main
--- ports/sysutils/nut/pkg/README-main  4 Sep 2018 12:46:22 -0000       1.10
+++ ports/sysutils/nut/pkg/README-main  28 Aug 2020 03:41:14 -0000
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ RS232: Either add _ups to group "dialer"
 of the relevant /dev/tty* device to _ups.

 USB: Use "usbdevs -vd" (as root) to identify the specific controller
-(/dev/usbXX) and ugen (/dev/ugenXX) device nodes, then chgrp these to _ups.
+(/dev/usbXX) and ugen (/dev/ugenXX) device nodes, then chgrp these to _ups and
+chmod them to mode 0660.

 Special notice for APC USB devices
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