Sound issues in Debian (only root may write to /dev/snd)
 

Hiya!

I recently switched to Debian, and I have some
sound issues. The files in /dev/snd weren't writable
by everyone, which I changed, and the sound worked fine.

The problem is that this change isn't permanent.
I have to redo this every time I reboot.
I'm guessing this is because the files aren't files
in the general sense, and are "remounted" or something
at bootup. So, how do I make the change permanent?

If you check the permissions.rules file under /etc/udev you will see that the group "audio" is assigned to the system audio devices.

To give other users access to the audio devices add then to the "audio" system group. NOte that the "audio" group does not have to be the user's primary group. It can be a secondary group. All that matters is that the use is registered with this group also.

Doing this will assure user are granted access across system boots without any further intervention.

HTH

Thanks. I edited /etc/group, and things work
fine now.