I added the user (myself) to the /etc/group file under audio. It is working
fine now. I didn't want to mess with the security too much.
Thanks for your help with this Dave. I was worried about just changing
permissions without knowing at least 50% what I was up to. The laptop (woody)
is
Rusty,
The way that you did is definatley the better way to do it. The chmod 666
/dev/soundstuff is a quick way to do it. Since my laptop doesn't run any
services of have any users besides myself, I think it's the easiest for
me.
If you have any users, it's a bad idea. Maybe I'll reconsider
This will be used at the IF's so I didn't dare :-)
Rusty
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 10:25 am, you wrote:
Rusty,
The way that you did is definatley the better way to do it. The chmod 666
/dev/soundstuff is a quick way to do it. Since my laptop doesn't run any
services of have any users
Rusty,
I've read that this isn't the most secure way to do this, but I don't know
why sound would necessarly be a security issue (anyone out there pipe in
if you have an opinion on this)...
chmod 666 /dev/dsp*
chmod 666 /dev/audio*
chmod 666 /dev/mixer*
also, for convenience of playing audio
