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

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

--- Comment #3 from Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> 2012-09-08 06:03:41 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Just for the record, even if my solution works, I don't agree with puleaudio
> way of doing things.
> 
> Reading writing files in one's home directory just to play some audio is not a
> good way of doing it.

If by "reading writing" you meant just "writing", then I agree. If you meant
"reading or writing" then I don't agree. libpulse needs to read the user's
configuration before it can connect to the server. If the configuration is not
accessible, libpulse could default to trying if a system-wide pulseaudio
instance is available and use that, but I don't see what real use case this
would serve.

(In reply to comment #0)
> 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. 

Does "sudo -H" work? If it works, I guess this bug can be closed?

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