On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 08:47:30PM -0400, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 20:18, Jonathon B. Craw wrote: > > > > 1. Permissions on /dev/mix* /dev/dsp/*: give yourself read/write access > > I might do something like chmod a+rw /dev/mix* /dev/dsp* -- see chmod > > > Umm, no... > > Also known as "NO! NO! NO!" > > Do NOT go mucking around with chmod'ing /dev entries! They are the way > they are for a reason. > > Instead, do an ls -l of the /dev entries that you need - in this case > you are looking at sound so you will likely see something like: > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 1969-12-31 19:00 /dev/sound/dsp
While that's true of audio stuff, can you still recommend the same approach (leave it alone) for other devices? IIRC I had to "chgrp scanner /dev/sg0" to give myself permission to use my scanner - the alternative is to add myself to the root group, which is a bit loose ... Is there a reason I shouldn't have done what I did? Thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
