[pulseaudio-discuss] Multiple users at once - is system mode necessary?

[Peter Hartmann]

Hello

I use PulseAudio daily with KDE 4. Recently, I've encountered a problem 
that I can't seem to solve on my own and I'd like to request assistance 
from this mailing list.

Being a bit cautious about closed source applications and any data they 
may be sending (call me paranoid), I keep a 'noremote' user, with 
iptables configured to drop any tcp or udp packets coming from this uid. 
Then I launch the program with simple 'sudo -u noremote'.

I've recently bought GuitarPro and attempted this procedure, only to 
find that it won't work with PulseAudio. GuitarPro is built to use PA 
directly, and from what I've found it seems that PA is suited for 
single-user workstation, expecting only one user at the moment. From 
what I've googled, it seems that 'system mode' would enable PA use with 
multiple users at once, but I've read 'What is wrong with system mode' 
to learn that it's unsupported and brings certain limitations.

So here I'm asking, if using PA in system mode is discouraged, does it 
provide any other facility to use in my scenario?