On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:26:40AM +0200, Nils Reuße wrote: > On 04/01/2016 08:42 PM, Roman Gorelov wrote: > >My sndio configuration is default, OBSD 5.9. > >When I run a media file in e.g. mpv, and pause it without closing, and > >try to listen to smth in chrome _as another user_, there is no sound: > > > > Hi Roman, > > you need to share your sndio session cookie between the two users. I got it > working previously (the same problem arises with mpd, where the daemon runs > as a separate user). There should be a file called `~/.aucat_cookie` in > your home-dir, and if i remember correctly, you just need to copy this file > to the second users home dir. Will check later when i'm back at home. > > From sndio(7): > > AUTHENTICATION > > If a shared sndiod(8) server is running, for privacy reasons only one > user may have connections to it at a given time (though the same user > could have multiple connections to it). Users are identified by their > session cookie, which is automatically generated by audio or MIDI > applications upon the first connection to the server. The cookie is > stored in $HOME/.aucat_cookie and contains 128 bits of raw random > data. > > If a session needs to be shared between multiple users, they can > connect to the server using the same cookie.
This looks slightly bogus to me. Using sndio in record mode, I understand the privacy concerns. But for playing ?....
