On Sun, 07 Jan 2001 12:55:02 Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> hello,
Hi
> question 2:
> on my debian installation, root seems to be the only user who can access
> the soundcard (with xmms, etc.). if i'm not mistaken, the souncard is
> /dev/dsp. on my machine this is:
>
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 5 2000 /dev/dsp
>
> i tried doing an `addgroup mark audio', but i still get `Permission
> denied' when i try `cat /dev/dsp'. can anyone give me a hand? thanks.
according to man addgroup :
- addgroup seems to create a new group, doesn't add a user to an existing
group.
- To add an existing user to an existing group : `adduser <user> <group>'.
An other solution is : edit your /etc/group and add the user in the line
audio:x:29:<user>
^^
audio group number
Nicolas Bertolissio
