On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:25:31PM -0800, Aaron Stellman wrote: > mpd port creates "_mpd" user and example config suggest to use it. > Recent changes to aucat introduce some problems for mpd and possibly for > other audio ports that run as a separate user. mpd process > tries to connect to /tmp/aucat-560/default and fails. 560 being uid for > _mpd.
sharing audio resources between different users is not supported for the reasons jakemsr explained. The easier, and imho the most correct, is to start mpd as a regular user, like other audio apps. > Ideally, this needs to be documented and fixed. > thanks that cannot be fixed; usability could be improved for sure (and hopefully will be), but the principle will probably remain the same: one user/session at a time. -- Alexandre
