On December 11, 2003 03:24 pm, jurvis lasalle wrote: > I have a problem that systematically occurs, but I cannot reliably > reproduce. Upon console login, ownership of sound devices is given to > the user. Upon logout, it reverts to root. Sometimes however, the > former user retains ownership and the next user cannot direct output to > the sound devices. I can't recreate what causes the break down but > across the lab can see that it generally happens after 2 weeks of > uptime. My research turns up the solution of chmod 660 the sound > devices and chgrp them to audio after adding all my users to that > group. OK- that will work and not necessarily be too large a pain in > my ass, but that doesn't satisfy my desire to know what's breaking > down. Does anyone here have suggestions for diagnosing this problem? > > TIA, > Jurvis LaSalle Hi Jurvis, The initial user to log onto the console is given hightened privilages regarding accessing devices and halting or rebooting the system. To see what is effected, the users privs, and the user/privs afterwards, have a look at the file: /etc/security/console.perms -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
