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 doing it the group way! Dave On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Rusty Minden wrote: > 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 coming along really nice I must say and I am learning how to do things > without yast and yast2 (SuSE). I have to say I don't miss them anymore :-) > > Rusty > > On Sunday 30 June 2002 04:13 pm, you wrote: > > 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 cds > > chmod 666 /dev/cdrom* (this one is probably a bad idea if you ever intend > > to have priate files on a cdrom). > > > > > > The other method for dealing with giving sound to users was only > > slightly more involved and I believe it had to do with creating a group > > that had ownership to these devices and adding appropriate users to this > > group. > > > > Dave > > > > On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Rusty Minden wrote: > > > I have compiled the trident module and as root it works sound is fine, > > > but as a user it will not work. It has to be a permission thing or > > > perhaps a group membership, but I am not sure. > > > > > > ALi Sound Card (tridentt.o module) > > > I noticed that the /dev/aidio has owner root and group audio should I add > > > myself to the group? > > > > > > Rusty > > > _______________________________________________ > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
