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Raoul_Duke
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 Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 10:57 pm Post subject: new user can't run xmms because of permissions on snd_mixer |
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title says it all really
I have read the other thread about permissions but i don't really understand if that's the same prob as mine  |
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Kawada
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried making the new user a member of the audio group? A lot of sound card permission problems are caused by failing to do that.
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Raoul_Duke
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sorry, how do i do that?  |
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jaymz
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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edit the /etc/group file
just add your user name to the audio group |
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Raoul_Duke
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| Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2002 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Cheers, i did work it out after a bit of thinking.....but cheers 
/me puts xmms on and starts to boogie  |
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474
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Just for reference, the "safe" way to manage group membership would go something like: | Code: | | usermod -g users -G audio,cdrw username |
Where -g indicates the primary group (every user account must belong to at least one group, so put it there - I always make groups which are the same name as the user for that - RedHat style - so that you can set permissions on a file which don't implicate permissions for anything else) and -G is an optional list of other groups for the user account. And adding a group is simple: |
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