There is no group plugdev on my system. However, I tried adding myself to haldaemon and messagebus groups, but this did not solve the situation either.
Also, I tried editing the file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf:
Original file reads:
<!-- This configuration file specifies the required security policies
for Bluetooth core daemon to work. -->
<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>
<!-- ../system.conf have denied everything, so we just punch some holes -->
<policy user="root">
<allow own="org.bluez"/>
<allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
<allow send_interface="org.bluez.Agent"/>
</policy>
<policy at_console="true">
<allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
</policy>
<policy context="default">
<deny send_destination="org.bluez"/>
</policy>
</busconfig>
I tried adding a block:
<policy user="myusername">
<allow own="org.bluez"/>
<allow send_destination="org.bluez"/>
<allow send_interface="org.bluez.Agent"/>
</policy>
as well as changing the "deny" to "allow" in the last policy, but again this did not solve the issue (after restarting the messagebus service).
Any further ideas?