thanks for your kind reply - you are very helpful! > * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: audio permissions" > * Sent on Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:06:15 +0100 > * Honorable Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 14 Nov 2002 21:33:47 -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: > > > I noticed that after a boot, my /dev/dsp* and /dev/audio* are owned by > > sds.root and have permissions 600 (crw-------). > > this is > > > > 1. strange: why are these files owned by _me_ and not root? > > The user that first logs in at the physical console gets the > file/device permissions assigned by PAM.
how do I disable this? > > 2. inconvenient: mpg123 &c are not suid root, > > so my wife cannot use audio. > > This is when you have logged in first and block the audio device. Yuk - this is a typical case of "single user behavior". > > For now, I added > > chown root.root /dev/dsp* /dev/audio* > > chmod a+rw /dev/dsp* /dev/audio* > > to /etc/rc.local, but I wonder whether this is TRT. So what is the right way to handle this? -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat8 GNU/Linux <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.palestine-central.com/links.html> The only intuitive interface is the nipple. The rest has to be learned. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
