A more elegant solution would be to make the user a part of the "icecast" group.
To do that, you can use the appropriate option in your desktop environment or simply type : usermod -a -G GROUP USER or gpasswd -a USER GROUP ** Changed in: icecast2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- icecast2 belongs to icecast2 user, no access with other users , only "sudo bash" worked but after that could not start the server with user "root" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs