On 12 Jul, this message from Steve Pacenka echoed through cyberspace: > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 16:18, Michel Lanners wrote: >> On 11 Jul, this message from Steve Pacenka echoed through cyberspace: >> > Activating audio required modprobe dmasound (made permandent via echo >> > dmasound >>/etc/modules ), chmod 666 /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer to allow >> > non-root to use sound. >> >> Add the users needing audio access to group audio. > > Thanks for the hint.
You're welcome. In Debian, there's always a simple way to make those things work OK, without going 'big stuff' like chmod 777. > Is there some security risk from having audio devices world writable? Probably not; it all depends on your level of paranoia and what type of machine you're runing (personal workstation, server, ...). Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
