[Freeswitch-users] Stumped by mod_portaudio permissions issue

[Tom Lynn]

I do not have pulse audio installed.

I can access alsamixer and aplay from the shell while logged in as either
root or freeswitch without issues.

mod_portaudio only works WHEN I'm running freeswitch under group root,
which I will not be able to do in a production environment.

On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 7:24 AM Tamer Higazi via FreeSWITCH-users <
freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org> wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tamer Higazi <th982a at googlemail.com>
> To: freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
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> Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 15:22:31 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Stumped by mod_portaudio permissions issue
> Dear Mark,
>
> I tell you exactly why.
>
> That is less a permission issue.
>
> if you open the shell as "root" and type alsamixer you won't be capable
> to access the soundcard because "root" is not in the 1st) sound group
> and 2nd) root ha no access to the pulseaudio server
>
> This is why I MUST run freeswitch as the user that is currently logged in.
>
> mod_alsa doesn't work at all. I didn't get it running, only
> mod_portaudio....
>
>
> best, Tamer
>
>
> On 2020-02-02 07:59, Tom Lynn wrote:
> > For what it's worth, I'm running into this very same issue over 4
> > years after the original poster.  I suspect that leaving off the group
> > option is leaving the process running as group root, which would mimic
> > my attempt at having the service run as user freeswitch/group root,
> > which allows mod_portaudio to function.
> >
> > I've posted here in the mail list, on IRC and in Slack, but the only
> > bite was someone hinting about freeswitch user needing to be in group
> > audio, which it is.  This is broken. I've looked at submitting a JIRA
> > on this, but my login doesn't appear to allow it.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:45 AM Mark Haun <haunma at keteu.org
> > <mailto:haunma at keteu.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     covici at ccs.covici.com <mailto:covici at ccs.covici.com>
> >     [covici at ccs.covici.com <mailto:covici at ccs.covici.com>] wrote:
> >     > If  using alsa, did you check the permission of /dev/snd and its
> >     > children?
> >
> >     Yes.  In fact, both alsa operations (aplay) and portaudio
> >     enumeration work
> >     correctly when running as the freeswitch user.  All of this is
> >     detailed in
> >     my initial post, two or three weeks ago.
> >
> >     Mark
> >
> >
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> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 07:24:11 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Stumped by mod_portaudio permissions issue
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