Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: >> >> How to add the audio group in Fedora 6. >> >> 1) Change /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms >> # <console> 0600 <sound> 0600 root >> <console> 0660 <sound> 0660 root.audio >> >> 2) Create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/52-sound.rules with the following >> contents: >> # audio devices >> KERNEL=="dsp*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="audio*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="midi*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="mixer*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="sequencer*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="sound/*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="snd/*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="beep", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="admm*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="adsp*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="aload*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="amidi*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="dmfm*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="dmmidi*", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> KERNEL=="sndstat", GROUP="audio", Mode="0660" >> >> 3) Create a group "audio" and add all users allowed to access >> the audio devices. >> > One problem with this - console.perms will overwrite this when the > ownership of the console changes. From > /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms > > <sound>=/dev/dsp* /dev/audio* /dev/midi* \ > /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* \ > /dev/sound/* /dev/beep \ > /dev/snd/* /dev/adsp* > Oops - on reading this again, it didn't come out right. The udev rules should not be necessary - the console.perms rules should be all that are needed, as they will set both the permissions and ownership of the device, and is called from udev when the devices are created. If you need them, you can add more devices to the sound section of the console.perms rules. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
