make file can be read by all user?

khucinx · 05-27-2004, 11:20 PM

i have file .wav in /usr/local/share/wave/
that name is S001.wav like this
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 40046 Jan 15 11:31 S001.wav

i (as not superuser) get someting error when try to play it :
[munyib@localhost wave]$ play S001.wav
sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Permission denie

i want all user can play it although they are not a superuser.
what should i do?

thank's

hallamigo · 05-27-2004, 11:36 PM

Try making it executable also - not just readable.

chmod 555 S001.wav

darthtux · 05-27-2004, 11:38 PM

what is the output of
ls -l /dev/dsp

aluser · 05-28-2004, 12:25 AM

yeah, the permisions problem is on the sound device, not your wav file.