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I want to allow a user to access the USB port.

I am following these instructions: https://emanual.robotis.com/docs/en/software/dynamixel/dynamixel_wizard2/

After the installation of the software, I have to add the account id to the dialout group in order to access the USB port by using this command:

sudo usermod -aG dialout <your_account_id>

Where <your_account_id> is the my User ID.

I got the UserID with echo $UID. The result is 1000. So the final command would be sudo usermod -aG dialout 1000.

However, when I type this, I get usermod: user '1000' does not exist.

How is this possible?

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The usermod command requires the username instead of the numeric user ID.
The terms account id and your actual user id in the linked instructions are misleading.

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