[SC.LUG] Re: SC Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2

[Dr A V Le Blanc]

On Tue, 18 May 2004 13:32:09 +0100, I <LeBlanc at mcc.ac.uk> wrote:
> Ouch!  I forgot about this; Debian wants you to put only the users
> whom you want to be able to use sound into the audio group.  I usually
> change everything in /dev that's sound-related to 0666 at install time.

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 09:36:05PM +0100, Ian Molton wrote:
> Of course, adding yourself to the audio group is the cleaner solution...

Well, this is a bit difficult with some thousands of users,
especially since on my public machines there are many thousands
of potential users: imagine a groups file with thousands of entries.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc at mcc.ac.uk