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Re: Changing ownership problems...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Shoberg)
Mon Nov 16 21:09:17 1998

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:09:57 -0500
From: Jon Shoberg <jshoberg@cbd.net>
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> >       I installed OSS and finally got my sound going.  However, it installs
> >under root login and only root can enable sound. I've tried changing all
> >the files necessary to allow a user to start the program.  Tried various
> >combinations of 'u+s' '666' '755' and nothing :(
> >
> >Basicallt before it starts the program it tried to remove an older log
> >file then recreates a fresh one.  any suggestions? thanks
> >
> go into /etc/group and add your self to the audio group
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Rick

Nope.... I don't have a group explicity called 'audio.'  All of the
files I am having trouble with belong to root.  And why can't root share
:)

- jon


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