{
 "id": "rtl-sdr-permission-denied-after-install-udev-add-retrigger",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for RTL-SDR 'Permission denied' right after apt-installing rtl-sdr/dump1090 \u2014 retrigger udev as an 'add' event and put the daemon user in plugdev",
 "symptom": "rtl_test and dump1090 hit 'Permission denied' on the USB device immediately after package install; /dev/bus/usb node still root:root after a plain udevadm trigger",
 "hw": [
  "rtl-sdr",
  "rtl2832u"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "rtl-sdr",
  "dump1090-mutability"
 ],
 "intent": "read ADS-B from a freshly installed RTL-SDR dongle",
 "date": "2026-07-26",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "high",
 "cost": "three rounds of sudo commands that appeared to run but didn't (see the bang-prefix lesson) before the device node changed group",
 "author": "sarg",
 "refs": [
  "bang-prefix-negates-sudo-chain-in-regular-terminal"
 ],
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}