[linux-audio-dev] Re: linux-audio-dev Digest, Vol 2, Issue 24

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 19:59, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> To summarize, my proposal is:
> 
>   sysctl -w kernel/realtime=0           # disable realtime privileges
> 
>   sysctl -w kernel/realtime=1           # enable realtime privileges
>                                         #   for `root' group
> 
>   sysctl -w kernel/realtime=1           # enable realtime privileges
>   sysctl -w kernel/realtimegroup=-1     #   for every process
> 
>   sysctl -w kernel/realtime=1           # enable realtime privileges
>   sysctl -w kernel/realtimegroup=29     #   for `audio' group
> 
> Only root can write these variables.  If possible, let's agree on a
> standard gid to use for group `realtime', there isn't one now.

Sounds good to me...

Here's a list of uids/gids as used in RedHat (courtesy of Matthias):
  http://freshrpms.net/packages/res/uidgid.html
I seem to remember having read somewhere of an initiative to standarize
all these numbers, can't remember where or when. 

-- Fernando