Hi, I've been running Debian for a while, but only recently did I get serious about configuring all my peripherals (sound card, printer, etc.).
I noticed that some important device files- for example, /dev/dsp and /dev/lp0 - are owned by root, belong to special groups (audio and lp, respectively), and most importantly are *not* world-writeable. Is there an important reason for this, and would it be a mistake to chmod the device files so processes running under an ordinary userid can write to /dev/audio and /dev/lp0? It seems there may be something I'm missing here... I want the devices to work with Debian software and with third-party software such as Loki games and StarOffice. :) Thanks, -Andrew Gronosky
