Question about permissions

[Augusto182]

• Serial Port: 5.0.0-beta7

• NodeJS Version v8.3.0:

• Operating System Ubuntu 14.04 Hardware x86_64:

• Have you checked the right version of the api docs?: YES

• Are you having trouble installing and you checked the Installation Special Cases docs? YES

• Are you using Electron and have you checked the Electron Docs?: YES

Summary of Problem

when I run: electron .
app runs but serialport give and error about no having permissions to open port.

no error appear when I run: sudo electron .
app works as expected.

there is a way to ask the user for the password within the app?

I know, this is not related with serialport itself, but your help is appreciate.

[reconbot]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/112568/how-do-i-allow-a-non-default-user-to-use-serial-device-ttyusb0

This would have the user added to the right group to use the port without sudo. Maybe put it in your readme?

I also googled the issue and found https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-sudo which maybe could be used to add the user to the group. I am not very familiar with electron but you can ask them for assistance.

[Augusto182]

Thanks for your directions.