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Re: Sound access denied in user mode



On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 12:58, Pierre Dupuis wrote:
> Hello all :)
> 
> So now it seems to be ok, i have dsl internet connection configured, 
> sound when i log at root...
> But something bugging me, i don't know how to put the permission for the 
> sound available in user mode..... :)

A quick analysis of /dev/dsp shows the owner as root and group as audio:
$ ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   3 Apr 14  2001 /dev/dsp

Add the user to the group "audio" and the problem is fixed:

root@box:$ usermod -G audio <username>



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