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

[Nicolas George]

Le quintidi 15 floréal, an CCXV, Bobby Bingham a écrit :
> 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.

Imagine. You have a computer at home. Like any well behaved Unix computer,
it stays on 24 hours a day, with a SSH server. Sometimes, your little
brother comes to visit, and you have created him an account; since he likes
to play with ScummVM, you have put him in the audio group.

Well, your little brother likes practical jokes: one night, at 3 in the
morning, he just does "ssh your.computer mplayer /some/loud/music.mp3".

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George