Re: Sound Apps only work as root??
jfoster@augustmail.com (John Foster) writes:
> I have recently installed the OSS sound systems from 4front
> technologies. It works great as root user. and as long as I start it as
> root it will work as another user. I can deal with that. The next thing
> I noticed is that all the sound software, except the cd players do not
> seem to work as any user except root. The sound system is the newest
> addition to my server here and I want to be able to use all the Linux
> sound apps to record and paly music, and other types of sound files. Any
> herlp is greatly appreciated. BTW I have RTFM several times.
You need to be part of group audio. Use vigr to edit /etc/group.
Add all users who you want to use the sound system to this group.
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