I have a cable running from the line out on the mp3 copmuter to the line
in on my main computer. I still don't see what would have changed the
permissions though...
-Mark-
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Statux wrote:
> if you're not using the box locally.. then how do you hear any music? or
> is the system close to where you are logged in from?
>
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Mark Ivey wrote:
>
> > The problem I'm having is I'm not logged on locally. The computer is just
> > hooked up to the network and I have it starting VNC when it boots. The
> > part of PAM that is supposed to give ownership of the devices doesn't seem
> > to count this as a local login, which is why I gave the devices 666
> > permissions.
> >
> > I also didn't log in when it broke. I left VNC connected when I went to
> > be and the next morning when I tried to play it wouldn't work...
> >
> > -Mark-
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Statux wrote:
> >
> > > my /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer have 600 permissions and music plays fine under
> > > any account. RH6.x (I think.. I run 6.2 so we're pretty much on the same
> > > page) changes ownership of the devices to I think the first account logged
> > > into the box, locally (I forget the details). This setup is prolly what's
> > > changing the permissions as well as the owner of the devices. It does
> > > everything automatically.. so if you change the settings, it'll change
> > > them to whatever it should be.
> > >
> > > If you use the box for playing mp3s under RH6.2, then you're logged
> > > in. Only one person can be using those devices at any given time.. and
> > > logically, only local users will hear music at all... therefore, if you
> > > are in as user 'grape' then the devices will be character special files
> > > with 600 permissions and owned by grape (provided grape was the first user
> > > logged in).
> > >
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Mark Ivey wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Here's an odd problem I had today. I have a computer (RH6.2) for playing
> > > > mp3's, and I had previously run 'chmod 666' for both /dev/dsp and
> > > > /dev/mixer so my user account could play music. It has been fine but
> > > > today the permissions had gotten changed and I had to do it again. It
> > > > just ran cron.weekly so I'm suspicious of that but see nothing that would
> > > > have done it (it just runs makewhatis). Any idea what would have done
> > > > this?
> > > >
> > > > -Mark-
> > > >
> > > >
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