Hi, Look in /etc/security/console.perms. The idea is that only one user will be logged in at a time. That way, PAM makes sure that that user gets permissions for resources such as sound, CDROMs, and floppies. HTH. -- Bill in Denver On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Shaun Oliver wrote: > hi, > I just installed red hat 8.0 and I'm wondering how I can get a owner and > group change to stay in effect between reboots. > the devices in question are /dev/dsp and /dev/audio > when I list them, they're listed as being oowned by blindman and in the > group of root. I don't want this to be the case. > I want it to be owned by root and in the group of sys. > how can I accomplish this without having to do this mannually every time I > reboot? > thaniks in advance. > > >