It was the parent directory permission, '/home/<user_name>/', it had 700 mode, but I still don't understand how 'slimserver' could actually access it, but not its subdirectory:

/home/<user_name>/Music/MP3

Thanks for the quick answer.

&gt;From: Victor Brilon &lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]&gt;
&gt;Reply-To: Slim Devices Discussion &lt;[email protected]&gt;
&gt;To: Slim Devices Discussion &lt;[email protected]&gt;
&gt;Subject: Re: [slim] Music Folder permission problems in RH9
&gt;Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:41:25 -0500
&gt;
&gt;On Apr 17, 2005, at 6:46 AM, victor guerrero wrote:
&gt;
&gt;&gt;Hi there,
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;I know it's a classic, but I just can't get 'slimserver' to read my
&gt;&gt;'~./Music/MP3' directory in order to set the 'Music Folder'; I've
&gt;&gt;fiddled with all possible permission settings: group membership,
&gt;&gt;777 mode on directory, even granting full ownership to 'slimserver'
&gt;&gt;user; but I keep getting that pesky message:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Oops - &quot;/home/Music/MP3&quot; doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try
&gt;&gt;again.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;
&gt;Did you really mean &quot;~./Music/MP3&quot;? That indicates a &quot;Music&quot; folder
&gt;in *your* home directory. That's quite different from
&gt;&quot;/home/Music/MP3&quot;. Assuming you just made a typo in your email, what
&gt;does 'ls -ld /home/Music/MP3' looks like?
&gt;
&gt;Victor
&gt;
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