Re: KDE, Permissions
>
> I have KDE, and whenever it starts up, it says it cannot initialize the
> sound, because /dev/dsp returns "permission denied". (I am assuming
> that dev/dsp refers to the DSP on the sound card.)
>
> Likewise, I cannot run Floppy services unless I log in as root.
>
> Then, too, when I try to run kppp, it fails to recognize the modem, even
> when I try to access the modem through the stty ports.
>
> I'd really rather just give permission for access to these things, if
> that is possible. How would I modify the permissions for these things,
> in general? We have 3 users, plus root, 1 computer system. I therefore
> could either modify it for each, or modify it for all, but I'd like to
> know how to do this.
>
> Also, is there anything particularly risky about doing that?
If you look at the files in /dev you will note each is also part of a special
group. dsp is audio, floppy is floppy, your modem should be dialout. The
debian approach is to simply add the user(s) who need access to the right
groups. You can accomplish this easily by editing /etc/groups and adding the
name(s) as a comma separated list to the end of the line desired.
Note, the user must log completely off the system and log back in for the
change to take effect.
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