Re: /dev/audio

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

Rafael Cordones Marcos wrote:
> 
> 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


	man userdel


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Ed C.