[MPlayer-dev-eng] [patch] prefer ALSA over OSS

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:01:59AM +0900, Bobby Bingham wrote:
> Vladimir Mosgalin wrote:
> > I was talking about the usual system where /dev/dsp device ownership is
> > changed to the first user who logged it. If someone at your home logged
> > in in console, you won't be able to get audio device ownership after
> > logging in X. Well, other hacks around this problem exist, like "audio"
> > group and such, but they all are just a hacks made in order to stop unix
> > rights system interfering with desire to play music.
> 
> How is an "audio" group "just a hack"?  Isn't that the whole idea of
> groups - if you want to restrict access to a file/device (eg /dev/dsp)
> to a specific set of users, add those users to a group with access to
> that device.  If you want all users to have access to it, then you can
> just make it world writeable.
> 
> Where's the problem?  In what way do UNIX permissions get in the way?
> Just set them once the way you like, and be done with it.

Vladimir is just an anti-unix troll. We should stop feeding him...

Rich