Re: /dev/audio

[Rafael Cordones Marcos <rafacm@bcnartdirecte.com>]

qOn Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 10:22:59AM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> -> Every time I use tkdesk as a user it says permission denied to write to
> -> /dev/audio. As root I hear the sounds fine.
> -> What permissions do I have to cahnge.
> 
> hmmm if you log on console you should be added to group "audio"
> as in /etc/login.defs:
> 
> #
> # List of groups to add to the user's supplementary group set
> # when logging in on the console (as determined by the CONSOLE
> # setting).  Default is none.
> #
> # Use with caution - it is possible for users to gain permanent
> # access to these groups, even when not logged in on the console.
> # How to do it is left as an exercise for the reader...
> #
> CONSOLE_GROUPS          floppy:audio:cdrom
> 
> how do you log in ? do you have this defined ? 

Hey! This looks like a better way to enable sound for users! I use to do it with the adduser command but I want to do it like you said. The problem is... how do I REMOVE a user from a group? I cannot find any info on this. Maybe just editing the apropriate files?

Thanks


Rafa