Re: Adding a user to a group

[Nathan Weston <nweston@hamilton.edu>]

On Monday 16 July 2001 09:47 pm, Rebecca Dridan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:33:50PM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote:
> > Done, thanks.
> > But, in order to access /dev/dsp for audio, I still have to 'newgrp
> > audio' or 'sg audio -c [command]', and enter a password. The problem here
> > is that I want, for example, artsd, which is started automatically by
> > kde, to have access to /dev/dsp.
> > Is there a way to do this without entering a password (and preferably
> > wi/o having to wrap commands in sg)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nathan
>
> (It's always better to post back to the list, as you have more people who
> can answer your questions - they may have more idea than me too)
>
> You can be part of more than one group at a time.  Just make sure you have
> logged out and back in again to effect the changes of the adduser command.
> You shouldn't need to explicitly log in to a new group to have audio
> access. If that doesn't do what you needed, it's time to hand off to
> someone on the list more knowledgable than me :)
>
> Bec
>

Oops, I meant to post back to the list... is there a reason that the list 
address isn't in the reply-to by default, like it is on most lists?
Anyway, now that I've logged out and back in, everything works fine.
Thanks.

Nathan