Heyu only works as root

[Deemar]

I just had to reinstall Ubuntu on my desktop after crashing it during an earlier upgrade. So I had to reinstall Heyu which was working perfectly before but now it only works as root if I put the sudo command before everything. Here's exactly what I did:

- downloaded newest Heyu
- unpacked to /home/heyu
- ./configure, make, make install
- tried to run heyu start but got an error about missing the /usr/local/var/tmp/heyu folder
- tried to create folder as user but didn't have permissions
- ran "sudo mkdir /usr/local/var/tmp/heyu" to create the folder
- tried again, now it complained about missing the /usr/local/var/lock folder
- "sudo mkdir "/usr/local/var/lock"
- tried again, it complained about no write access to the lock folder
- added write access to lock folder

Now when I try to run "heyu on c1" it reports "HEYU: Can't open tty line. Check the permissions."
If I run it with sudo in front it works fine and the light comes on. What have I done? Thanks.

[Deemar]

Nevermind, I got it.

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sudo adduser <username> dialout

and then restart to ensure the new group is picked up by the user. That will give them access to the tty devices.