/etc/devfsd.conf: REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 This gives sound card access to 'audio' group, which is correct. But: /etc/security/console.perms <sound>=/dev/dsp* /dev/audio* /dev/midi* \ /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* \ /dev/sound/* /dev/snd/* /dev/beep \ /dev/admm* \ /dev/adsp* /dev/aload* /dev/amidi* /dev/dmfm* \ /dev/dmmidi* /dev/sndstat sets it like this: $ ls -l /dev/snd /dev/sound /dev/snd: crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 0 1970-01-01 01:00 controlC0 crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 8 1970-01-01 01:00 midiC0D0 crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 24 1970-01-01 01:00 pcmC0D0c crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 16 1970-01-01 01:00 pcmC0D0p crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 17 1970-01-01 01:00 pcmC0D1p crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 1 1970-01-01 01:00 seq crw------- 1 smoku audio 116, 33 1970-01-01 01:00 timer /dev/sound: crw------- 1 smoku audio 14, 12 1970-01-01 01:00 adsp crw------- 1 smoku audio 14, 4 1970-01-01 01:00 audio crw------- 1 smoku audio 14, 9 1970-01-01 01:00 dmmidi crw------- 1 smoku audio 14, 3 1970-01-01 01:00 dsp crw------- 1 smoku audio 14, 2 1970-01-01 01:00 midi00 crw------- 1 smoku audio 14, 0 1970-01-01 01:00 mixer effectively removing soundcard access from audio group and giving it to the first, locally logged user (which may not be in 'audio' group, and should NOT have soundcard access). Later logged in 'audio' group members have no soundcard access. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
No, its a pam_console feature. Remove pam_console.so from /etc/pam.d/login if you do not like this.
*** Bug 29463 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
