No permission to access USB port on sketch download [Solved]

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I am in the process of working out a couple bugs after reinstalling 1.8.19 IDE.
I am getting denied permission to access the USB port the ESP32 is connected to.
The port does show on the IDE port assignment under Tools / Port:.

IDE error output:

Arduino: 1.8.19 (Linux), Board: "ESP32 Dev Module, Disabled, Default 4MB with spiffs (1.2MB APP/1.5MB SPIFFS), 240MHz (WiFi/BT), QIO, 80MHz, 4MB (32Mb), 115200, Core 1, Core 1, None"

Sketch uses 659645 bytes (50%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1310720 bytes.
Global variables use 37588 bytes (11%) of dynamic memory, leaving 290092 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes.
esptool.py v3.1
Serial port /dev/ttyUSB0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 265, in open
    self.fd = os.open(self.portstr, os.O_RDWR | os.O_NOCTTY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyUSB0'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ed/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/3.1.0/esptool.py", line 4582, in <module>
    _main()
  File "/home/ed/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/3.1.0/esptool.py", line 4575, in _main
    main()
  File "/home/ed/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/3.1.0/esptool.py", line 4074, in main
    esp = esp or get_default_connected_device(ser_list, port=args.port, connect_attempts=args.connect_attempts,
  File "/home/ed/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/3.1.0/esptool.py", line 120, in get_default_connected_device
    _esp = chip_class(each_port, initial_baud, trace)
  File "/home/ed/.arduino15/packages/esp32/tools/esptool_py/3.1.0/esptool.py", line 313, in __init__
    self._port = serial.serial_for_url(port)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/__init__.py", line 88, in serial_for_url
    instance.open()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 268, in open
    raise SerialException(msg.errno, "could not open port {}: {}".format(self._port, msg))
serial.serialutil.SerialException: [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyUSB0'
the selected serial port serial.serialutil.SerialException: [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyUSB0'
 does not exist or your board is not connected
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This error is described in thousands of places on the Internet.
Add the user from which you run the Arduino ide to the dialout group

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