Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:03:40 +0200 From: Bugs Beastie <bugsbeastie@gmail.com> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16-CURRENT non root users unable to use sound/beep anymore after upgrade to a4ed783cee2a Message-ID: <7713568e-c6b1-4f15-b0ba-f71926a7a758@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <425002c8-8e70-458c-be12-db81c6ebdf51@yahoo.com> References: <iVV_ArbU33QOwLjvrYv1n7vDdaOJGVdUbGeY7RmYAlZdLkoDxjV5IXqhDdsjuXHUZBQi5vsV3dCPyUne_uwhfrjGBxNe45nz2PjpFoAFiQk=@proton.me> <20260622182407.4cf248d31f3d8eefab0474b4@dec.sakura.ne.jp> <nMX5wuC6EOAeYYN7Ld_zFh8c-VgHIkPnGNwdkg3Wpt3AxuBlZEcVC2c1x2zIZ0imwfZgQvgkDPBrd6DIN8CtM-mTM6JblzbT5NLneS8lZ8s=@proton.me> <425002c8-8e70-458c-be12-db81c6ebdf51@yahoo.com>
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Jun 22, 2026 19:48:04 Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>: > On 6/22/26 03:04, polyduekes@proton.me wrote: >> On Monday, June 22nd, 2026 at 2:54 PM, Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:23:36 +0000 >>> polyduekes@proton.me 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 <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp> >>> >> sorry i forgot to clarify properly,i didn't anticipate a failed merge of /etc/group by pkg during upgrade, i had checked the available groups after upgrade but audio group wasn't available due to the failed merge(at that point i wasn't aware the merge failed) so i assumed it wasn't the problem >> >> thanks for the reminder about UPDATING entries,they slipped my mind >> >> > > I could imagine that, for now, it would be good if, at the very end of > its output, pkg upgrade or pkg install reported on how many *.pkgnew > files and/or *.pkgsave files had been had been generated, at least when > the number is positive. It would prompt to investigate. > +1 on the warning at the end of the pkg session!home | help
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