linuxaudio.org

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 19:59, Jack O'Quin wrote:

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> 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