No it doesn't. 

> From: ml@mail.tsaitgaist.info
> To: baseband-devel@lists.osmocom.org
> Subject: Re: Cannot open serial device /dev/ttyUSB0
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:29:13 -0700
>
> Excerpts from George Andguladze's message of 2013-06-04 10:40:35 -0700:
> > Cannot open serial device /dev/ttyUSB0
> >
> > I am getting this error message when I try to connect to my C155 phone and upload hello_world.compalram.bin using this command:
> >
> > ./osmocon -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -m c155 ../../target/firmware/board/compal_e99/hello_world.compalram.bin
> >
> > Even though device ttyUSB0 exists in my /dev/ directory, and I have set modprobe cp210x, and chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0.
>
> instead of setting 777 permissions on this device, you can simply add yourself to the dialout group (it's the more proper way)
> here the debian command (don't forget to log out and in again for this to take effect)
> sudo adduser $USER dialout
>
> > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 71 2013-06-04 20:40 /dev/ttyS7
> > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 72 2013-06-04 20:40 /dev/ttyS8
> > crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 73 2013-06-04 20:40 /dev/ttyS9
> > crwxrwxrwx 1 root dialout 188, 0 2013-06-04 21:07 /dev/ttyUSB0
> >
> >
> > What is it that I am doing wrong?
>
> does it work with root rights (using sudo)?
>
> kevin
>