[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 52483] New: Pulseaudio requires access to files for which it has no permission

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52483

             Bug #: 52483
           Summary: Pulseaudio requires access to files for which it has
                    no permission
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: PulseAudio
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86-64 (AMD64)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: misc
        AssignedTo: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: rtdvrs at gmail.com
         QAContact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: lennart at poettering.net


Consider you are using plain ALSA and do 

username at machine $ sudo -u nick mplayer /tmp/foo.wav

You would expect this to play /tmp/foo.wav as user nick and you would expect
this to play the audio and it does.

Now, let's bring in PulseAudio to the mix.

PulseAudio requires access to /home/username/.<whatever> files when trying to
pull this off, but there is no guarantee that such permissions are there, and
in fact user 'nick' has no business in username's home directory and the result
is that it doesn't work. 

chmod 700 /home/username and then come up with any method playing audio while
pulseaudio owns the hardware device and then you can close this bug. 

For me this is a blocker to use PulseAudio.

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