[H-GEN] Using groups under linux

[Daniel Quinlan]

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On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 02:25:56PM +1000, Patrick Nichols wrote:
> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
> 
> I use debian linux, and I want to make a group of users with access to use
> the audio devices.  I assume this would be a better idea than chmod'ing
> the devices in /dev.

it's already there....group audio

daniel at mage:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp*
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   3 Jan 13 12:56 /dev/dsp
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,  19 Jan 13 12:56 /dev/dsp1

> I have never done this before, and I was wondering how I go about doing
> it, and if there was a howto, or similar on this?  Anybody keen to give me
> a crash course on groups.  I seem to remember bje talking at length on
> this subject some time ago, but I can't seem to find the message.

adduser user group

will do the dirty work of adding users to groups

my current group membership is
daniel dialout cdrom floppy audio www-data src

regards,
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Daniel Quinlan				daniel at netwise.net.au
Netwise Australia			ph:  07 3252 8111
"Engineering Network Solutions"		fax: 07 3216 0226


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