[SOLVED]MPD will not start as user on boot

Shelbster · 2018-07-29 22:12:05

I am trying to start MPD on boot as user. Unfortunately every time I reboot I need to chmod /run/mpd because I get this error as systemd starts mpd with the --user flag

fatal_error: Failed to create pid file "/run/mpd/mpd.pid": Permission denied arch linux site:bbs.archlinux.org

I am part of the mpd group.

The command I used to run as user was

systemctl --user enable mpd
systemctl --user start mpd

After I manually change the permissions to 770, I can run mpd this way, but until then I will continue to get this error. It would be nice if I didn't have to manually intervene every time I reboot.

Last edited by Shelbster (2018-07-30 13:09:57)

jasonwryan · 2018-07-29 22:48:32

If you are running mpd as --user, create all of your directories under $HOME.

Shelbster · 2018-07-30 02:35:40

Does that include the mpd folder in /run? I already have my mpd.conf in ~/.config/mpd. I can play mpd on ncmpcpp and my music plays fine, but before I can get mpd up, I have to manually chmod the mpd folder in /run. I don't understand why it doesn't automatically work. Obviously I can make a script to automatically run the commands to chmod and then start mpd with the - - user flag, but I want to avoid work that I thought would be unnecessary as I thought systemd would take care of it with the - - user flag.

jasonwryan · 2018-07-30 02:38:55

Just put the pid file in your home directory:

pid_file			"/home/shelbster/.config/mpd/pid"

Rasi · 2018-07-30 07:50:31

Or simply remove the pid file setting and let systemd handle this.

Shelbster · 2018-07-30 13:09:42

Rasi wrote:

Or simply remove the pid file setting and let systemd handle this.

I actually incorrectly assumed that this was already going on, but I guess I was wrong. Commenting out the pid_file setting fixed my problem

jasonwryan wrote:

Just put the pid file in your home directory:
pid_file			"/home/shelbster/.config/mpd/pid"

I now understand what you mean. I was too dumb to realize that the pid_file setting was what was sending it to /run/mpd, is there a reason why this would be a better solution than just removing the pid_file setting?

jasonwryan · 2018-07-30 17:52:11

No, you just seemed keen on declaring it in your config.

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#1 2018-07-29 22:12:05

[SOLVED]MPD will not start as user on boot

#2 2018-07-29 22:48:32

Re: [SOLVED]MPD will not start as user on boot

#3 2018-07-30 02:35:40

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