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.TH PULSEAUDIO-CENTRAL 5 "2021-01-12"
.SH NAME
pulseaudio-central \- Pseudo-system-wide PulseAudio service
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBpulseaudio-central.socket\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
The above file is a systemd socket unit.
Starting this socket unit creates the \fI/run/pulse/native\fR PulseAudio socket.
This socket is accessible to all members of the \fIpulse-access\fR user group.
Use it, for example, as follows:
.nf
.RS
paplay --server=/run/pulse/native sound.wav
.RE
.fi
.PP
The systemd service activated by this socket unit executes PulseAudio
as the \fIpulse\fR user and \fBnot\fR in the system-wide mode.
.SH FILES
\fI/run/pulse/native\fR
.RS
PulseAudio socket
.RE
\fI/var/lib/pulseaudio-central\fR
.RS
the home directory of the \fIpulse\fR user where
the configuration and the state of this PulseAudio service are stored.
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Roman Beslik <me@beroal.in.ua>