mpd logging can't work by design and doesn't work for me

[Manuel Bärenz]

Binary package hint: mpd

The logging settings in /etc/mpd.conf can't work.

line 62:
user "mpd"
line 37:
log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"

ls -l /var/log/mpd/mpd.log gives:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68415 2011-05-21 18:53 /var/log/mpd/mpd.log

The user mpd is in the audio group, so it doesn't have privileges to log. This results in the following error:
log: problem opening log file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log" (config line 37) for writing

Starting "sudo mpd" fixes it, but this is not what we want.

[Matt Wheeler (funkyhat)]

2011/5/21 Manuel Bärenz <email address hidden>:
[snip]
> The user mpd is in the audio group, so it doesn't have privileges to log. This results in the following error:
> log: problem opening log file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log" (config line 37) for writing
>
> Starting "sudo mpd" fixes it, but this is not what we want.

How are you starting the daemon? It should be started by "sudo service
mpd start" in which case mpd seems to open the log file with no
problems.

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Matt Wheeler
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[Manuel Bärenz (turion)]

I started it myself and not as a service in order to be able to use JACK, which I started myself (and not as root) as well.
I wasn't aware that starting it as a service is the default way.

[Matt Wheeler (funkyhat)]

2011/5/22 Manuel Bärenz <email address hidden>:
> I started it myself and not as a service in order to be able to use JACK, which I started myself (and not as root) as well.
> I wasn't aware that starting it as a service is the default way.

Running mpd as yourself can also work but you should create a personal
config file at ~/.mpdconf (see http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Configuration
for sensible options to put in it)

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Matt Wheeler
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[Ronny Cardona (rcart)]

Hello.

This is not a real bug, so I marking it as Opinion. The answer of Matt is what you need =)

Good luck.

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