[ubuntu-studio-users] Firewire interface

[Ralf Mardorf]

> On 04/13/2014 11:45 AM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014, at 02:27 PM, Israel wrote:
> >
> >> I did add myself to the audio group, though I will try the same command 
> >> again (I think I used my actual username, instead of $USER)
> > $USER is an environment variable. It's more correct to use your username
> > directly, since using $USER only works if you are logged in as that
> > user, when running the command - with sudo (if logged in as root, root
> > will become a member of audio group).

If you want to add somebody to a group, use the  username , not $USER.
If you want a script to test, if somebody does run this script with user
or root privileges, use  id -u  , not $USER. I guess what output you get
for $USER depends to your setup or distros default setup, but a
username  always is a  username  and the output of  id -u  always gives
information about the privileges.

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ echo $USER $(id -u)
rocketmouse 1000
[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ su
Password: 
[root at archlinux rocketmouse]# echo $USER $(id -u)
rocketmouse 0
[root at archlinux rocketmouse]# exit
[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for rocketmouse: 
[root at archlinux ~]# echo $USER $(id -u)
root 0
[root at archlinux ~]# logout
[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$