--- title: "How to Give Persistent Names To USB-Serial Devices on Ubuntu 14.04" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-give-persistent-names-to-usb-serial-devices-on-ubuntu-14-04-zsudjq2np source_url: https://www.embeddedrelated.com/showarticle/1053.php type: article source: "EmbeddedRelated" published: 2026-05-31T07:48:22.280Z updated: 2026-05-31T09:22:20.809Z tags: ["linux", "embedded"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Give Persistent Names To USB-Serial Devices on Ubuntu 14.04 **[EmbeddedRelated](https://daily.dev/sources/embeddedrelated)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide for assigning persistent, static names to USB-serial devices on Ubuntu 14.04 using udev rules. Covers using dmesg and udevadm to identify unique device attributes (KERNELS, ATTRS{serial}), creating a udev rules file under /etc/udev/rules.d with NAME and SYMLINK directives, applying the rules with udevadm trigger, and verifying the result with minicom. Also addresses common pitfalls like attribute group mismatches and NAME field numbering conflicts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux 6.18 To Make It Easier Parsing PCI Device Serial Numbers](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-6-18-to-make-it-easier-parsing-pci-device-serial-numbers-gzfbch2zl) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-give-persistent-names-to-usb-serial-devices-on-ubuntu-14-04-zsudjq2np)