Re: sound executables permissions
Tom Lees wrote:
>
> I have shadow-login put all users from the console into group audio. I
> leave all audio-requiring executables as standard executables, and this is
> probably generally a sane policy - after all, the audio apps (which could
> output to a non-audio device) are not what's being controlled - the audio
> devices are. Therefore, it makes sense to set the permissions for the
> device files, not the apps.
>
That's true. Another disadvantage of controlling system resources by means
of setgid end-user applications is the impossibility for users to compile
and run their own programs that use those resources.
Kit.
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