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Re: user not root cause problem



On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 23:44, D. Nathan Cookson wrote:
> As for the other part it is likely that /dev/dsp is owned and accessible
> only by root.  I believe that it need chmod a+w in order for it to work for
> other users.
> 
> D. Nathan Cookson
> 
> p.s. sorry for the windows email client but I am at work.

/dev/dsp should be in group audio - those users that are being permitted
to produce sound on that machine should be members of group audio,
rather than logging on as root.
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