[plug] Multimedia users

[John Clayton]

Hi pluggers,

Just a little problem I have been having that I was hoping that someone 
could help me with.
When a normal user loggs on a whole bunch of /dev/[multimedia devices] get 
there owner changed from root to the user that logged in while leaving the 
group as root. Different users subsequently logging in does not change this. 
But when the first user logs out  the /dev/ entries go back to normal until 
another user subsequently logs in. I think this is a locking mechanism to 
make sure that only one user at a time has access to multimedia devices.
What I would like to know is if there is a way to change which user gets 
control of these devices without having to log off/on in the necessary 
sequence.  Or in other words how can root change on the fly which user gets 
control of these devices independant of their logon order.
This has been a problem as only the user who has control of these devices in 
/dev/ or root can play music as far as I can see, all others get a

audio: Permission denied

message.

I got RH9


Hoping someone can help.

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