From 70c315a787538bc3be7403f41c17151427b8be9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Bradbury <MBradbury@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 10:48:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document that the user account needs to be in the plugdev
 group for udev rules to apply

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b4d384d..563d8007 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ On Linux you can add udev rules in order to run picotool without sudo:
 sudo cp udev/99-picotool.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
 ```
 
+You will need to add your account to the plugdev group for the udev rules to apply:
+
+```bash
+sudo usermod -a -G plugdev $USERNAME
+```
+
 ### Windows
 
 ##### For Windows without MinGW