Tried running it as non root user but something about the user not having access to the /dev/dsp audio device. I've got to give the user the ability to use that device? Thanks for the help. Matt>>> wildbill@kpig.com 10/8/01 10:43:44 AM >>>That will run liveice as root. If that's what you want, then this ought to work: /usr/local/icecast/bin/liveice >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & As a rule, it's probably better to run it as a non-root user (though I'm not aware of any specific security concerns with liveice). If you've been running it as root, you'll need to chown -R the hidden temp files directory (in the same dir as liveice). Hope that helps -bg> I want to run liveice when the RH71 server boots up. I cannot seem to getit right though. This is what I have tried to do...> > In /etc/rc.d/rc.local > /usr/local/icecast/bin/liveice & > > This is failing though. Is anyone else out there successfully startingliveice as a background process? How have you been able to do it?> > > Thanks, > Matt > > > --- >8 ---- > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to'icecast-request@xiph.org'> containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. >--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:43:39AM -0700, William Goldsmith wrote:> You can chmod 666 /dev/dsp* - I can't think of any problems with that. Or > create a group with the appropriate permissions.with this chmod, any user who has an account can spy what you do if you happen to have a microphone plugged in. it's better to make /dev/dsp chmod 660 and make it owned by root.audio, then just put the user you want to run liveice as in the audio group. it works that way under Debian, maybe it's the same under RedHat I don't know. hth. Jerome Alet --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
You can chmod 666 /dev/dsp* - I can't think of any problems with that. Or create a group with the appropriate permissions.> Tried running it as non root user but something about the user not havingaccess to the /dev/dsp audio device. I've got to give the user the ability to use that device?> > Thanks for the help. > > Matt> >>> wildbill@kpig.com 10/8/01 10:43:44 AM >>> > That will run liveice as root. If that's what you want, then this ought to > work: > > /usr/local/icecast/bin/liveice >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & > > As a rule, it's probably better to run it as a non-root user (though I'mnot> aware of any specific security concerns with liveice). If you've been > running it as root, you'll need to chown -R the hidden temp filesdirectory> (in the same dir as liveice). > > Hope that helps > -bg > > > > I want to run liveice when the RH71 server boots up. I cannot seem toget> it right though. This is what I have tried to do... > > > > In /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > /usr/local/icecast/bin/liveice & > > > > This is failing though. Is anyone else out there successfully starting > liveice as a background process? How have you been able to do it? > >--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.