Sound - permissions on /dev devices

["G. Crimp" <ye416@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>]

Hi,

	I finally got my sound enabled in the kernel.  On to the next
problem.  Whenever I try to use something like workbone, or anything that
needs to use a device such as /dev/audio, or /dev/dsp, or even /dev/hdb (my
cdrom) as an ordinary user I get permission denied.  The permissions on
these are ?rw-rw----.

	For the time being I have just done a chmod to give rw permission to
the world.  From a security point of view, is this an acceptable solution ? 
Would there be a better way to allow myself to use these devices without
being root ?  I thought of making myself a member of the groups audio and
disk (for hdb), but this seemed like a messy solution, and I wasn't sure of
the wisdom of being a member of the group disk.

	Anyone know what the right way to do this is ?

	TIA,

	Gerald Crimp


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