normal user problem

Anshul anshulk at ee.iitb.ac.in
Wed Apr 6 16:42:48 BST 2005


On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> It is most likely that you have permission issues with the devices (in the 
> "/dev" directory) for sound.  It is also possible that if you are using PAM 
> that you may need to edit the: "/etc/security/console.perms" file.  My 
> previous suggestion is that this line should be changed to:
>
> 	<console>  0660 <sound>      0660 root.sound

i have checked this. This is same as here except root.audio in place of 
root.sound but it is okay as u said bcoz audio is a grp on my system.
where else can be the perms problem :( 
ne idea?

regards
anshul

>
> {"sound" [at the end] is the group on my system, yours might be different}
>
> NOTE: If you have PAM, it does no good to change the permissions manually as 
> it will just change them back, you must edit the file as above.
>
> Also, if you installed from a distro, your system is probably set up so that 
> all regular users that are allowed to use sound must be made a member of a 
> group (e.g. the group: "sound" on my FC2 based system).
>
>
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