doc: Unify the two sections about the "dialout" group on Linux

An addition to https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/pull/1158
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Angus Gratton 2017-11-20 16:10:38 +11:00 committed by Angus Gratton
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ls /dev/cu.*
.. _linux-dialout-group:
Adding user to ``dialout`` on Linux
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The currently logged user should have read and write access the serial port over USB. This is done by adding the user to ``dialout`` group with the following command::
The currently logged user should have read and write access the serial port over USB. On most Linux distributions, this is done by adding the user to ``dialout`` group with the following command::
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

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Permission issues /dev/ttyUSB0
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With some Linux distributions you may get the ``Failed to open port /dev/ttyUSB0`` error message when flashing the ESP32. This can be solved by adding the current user to the ``dialout`` group, such as running the following command::
sudo adduser $USER dialout
With some Linux distributions you may get the ``Failed to open port /dev/ttyUSB0`` error message when flashing the ESP32. :ref:`This can be solved by adding the current user to the dialout group<linux-dialout-group>`.
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