On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 09:46:48PM +0100, Mark Elissen wrote:
> I've just installed Debian 2.0 after using Slackware for some year of 3.
> I'm very pleased with the "debian" way, but I have 1 minor problem:
> Whenever I am using a program that outputs to /dev/audio or /dev/dsp as a
> non-root user than the soundprogramm stops with the errormessage
> "permission denied". How can I grant rights to this devices for non-root
> users?

In /etc/login.defs (i think?) there is an option to give console logins
the extra groups of audio and disk making it possible for them to use
those devices.

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