Re: good command-line audio player for fc5?

[Mikkel]

Peter Horst wrote:
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > Quoting Peter Horst :
> > > Thanks very much - everything works when I su to root. The permissions
> > > of the device in question follow - what is the rational thing to do
> > > here? I don't want to include myself in the 'root' group, do I? And
> > > what the heck is '14,'?  And 'c' as a file type? A few new ones on
> >
> > me...
> > > crw------- 1 root root  14,    0 Dec 29 00:18 mixer
> >
> > Part of the problem is that the permissions get change when someone 
> > logs in on the local machine. (Ssh logins do not count.) This is 
> > controlled by console.perms and is designed to give the person logged 
> > in localy control of specific devices, sound being one of them. Now, 
> > if you are loggind in at the console, and then ssh into the machine, 
> > the permissions are correct for you to play sounds. But if someone 
> > else is logged in, or no-one is logged in, then ther permissions are 
> > set to prevent what you are trying to do. (It used to be a common 
> > prank to to a remote login and play something on the machine when 
> > someone else was logged in...)
> >
> > Mikkel
>
> Ah, thank you. Is there a way to "fake" being logged in on the console?
> I would like to leave this particular machine sitting in the closet and
> only ever login via ssh....

You can modify the console.perms, and the udev rules so that the
permissions let you use the sound device. The console.perms rule are
in a directory off of /etc/security. (I can not check the name right
now.) I don't remember where the udev rules for sound are. I should
be back home in another day or so, and can check on this if you can
not find them...

Mikkel