On Thu, 22 May 2003, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> I'm trying to use XMMS to play cds, and GNOME's Mixer applet to control
> volume. These try to access /dev/cdrom and /dev/mixer, respectively.
>
> --
> brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/scd0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/mixer
> --
>
> As root, I did:
>
> --
> # adduser joeljkp cdrom
> # adduser joeljkp audio
> --
>
> Neither of these fixed the problem, though. Only when I did:
>
> --
> # chmod 666 /dev/scd0
> # chmod 666 /dev/mixer
> --
>
> did XMMS and the Mixer applet work correctly. Why didn't adduser work as
> it was supposed to? Is this the 'correct' way of letting normal users
> access the cdrom and mixer?
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