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> Now that you're through whining...
Yeah whatever. Perhaps some of us are actually hoping for the critical
mass needed to ensure Linux is a usable O/S complete with a plethora of
users and applications. Maybe some of us are just here for a hobby and
something to hack on.
> Check out the man page for usermod on how to add secondary group
> privileges
> to users.
I know all about groups and secondary groups Thomas thanks. I also know
about useradd and usermod. I am not here trying to learn about groups
and system admin. I am here to make a point. Joe Average User is not
going to log into a tty as root and edit files or run cryptic commands
just to get sound working.
> This was the standard procedure I was referring to, not editing
> any /etc file. It's covered in any basic text on configuring UNIX
> systems.
Maybe it is maybe it's not. That is not the point. Joe Average User
does not want to "configure" his UNIX system. He wants something that
runs all of his applications and runs them well.
> That's as easy as it's going to get for "Joe User" without giving up
> the
> security features of Linux.
Not necessarily true. gdm already runs root. It has to. There is no
reason why it should not check that the user logging in is in the audio
group and add him if he is not.
> Probably should have been handled during
> install but that wasn't your question.
For the user it requested during install, definately!
b.
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