On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:23:36 +0000 [email protected] wrote: > has something been recently changed in regards to user permissions for > /dev/dsp,i updated my 16-current system after some days and am noticing that > now a non root user which was able to access /dev/dsp and play sound is now > unable to do so and fails with Failed to open '/dev/dsp': Permission denied
You'll need to add the user who need to access audio devices to recently added audio group (gid=43) just like you'll be doing for X11/Wayland screens for video (gid=44) group. IIRC, audio group is added to stable/15, too, but switches for audio device to audio group is NOT merged not to violate POLA. This is described in /usr/src/UPDATING at the entry dated 20260521. https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/UPDATING#n42 Please habitally confirm UPDATING. I believe it should be a good habit. Regards. -- Tomoaki AOKI <[email protected]>
