On Wed 10 Aug 2016 at 07:48:22 -0600, Levi Darrell wrote: > > It is not necessary for a user to be in the audio group these days. > > > > ls -l /dev/snd/* > > > > shows all files have permissions crw-rw----+. The "+" sign indicates an > > ACL (Access Control List). Then (as the user) > > > > getfacl /dev/snd/* > > > > will show whether the user is on the List. > > > > It looks like my user has rw permissions for all those that are in the > audio group.
Your user has rw permissions to use sound devices. This is granted in /lib/udev/rules.d/70-uaccess.rules. Being in the audio group is neither here nor there.