On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 04:30:21PM -0600, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > This has something to do with PAM, which I know nothing about. Do a chmod
> > 666 on /dev/audio and /dev/dsp as a workaround until someone reposts that
> > fix!
> If your running 6.0, the "fix" nay "hack" can be found in the archives.

The answer follows :

On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 05:51:48PM -0700, R. David Whitlock wrote:
> Whenever I reboot my Mandrake 6.0 system, the permissions on several
> important files change from 666 to 600 so that other users are unable
> to
> use them.  Each time I reboot, I have to change them back.
> This matters cause it happens to files in my /dev/ heirarchy, notably
> /dev/audio and /dev/dsp.  So my wife logs in after I, and tries to use
> the
> sound player, to no avail, since I am the owner of the files and they
> are
> both mode 600.
 
 It is pam stuff. Just take a look at /etc/security/console.perms and do
 man console.perms

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