#!/bin/bash # Source: https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow/ set -e function join_by { local IFS="$1"; shift; echo "$*"; } declare -A group_map for dev in "$@"; do # Only process $dev if it's a character device if [ ! -c "$dev" ]; then continue fi dev_group=$(stat -c "%G" "$dev") dev_gid=$(stat -c "%g" "$dev") if [ "$dev_group" = "UNKNOWN" ]; then new_name="user-gid-$dev_gid" # We only have a GID for this group; create a named group for it # this isn't 100% necessary but it prevents some useless noise in the console groupadd -g $dev_gid "$new_name" group_map[$new_name]=1 else # the group already exists; just add it to the list group_map[$dev_group]=1 fi done # uinput is usually set to be read/write only by user root, we want to allow the group too if [ -e /dev/uinput ]; then echo "Allow /dev/uinput r/w to the group" chmod 0660 /dev/uinput fi groups=$(join_by "," "${!group_map[@]}") if [ "$groups" != "" ]; then echo "Adding user '${USER}' to groups: $groups" usermod -a -G $groups ${USER} else echo "Not modifying user groups ($groups)" fi