mpd init script

[hitchi]

Does anybody care to handle a mpd init scrip to a unskilled user?

[Jannis]

Please have a look at http://musicpd.org/faq.shtml#Q10 which clearly says that mpd is not intended to be run as root - thus, an init script is probably not necessary.

Why not add it to the list of autostart applications of your Desktop Environment? This is what I do, so whenever I log in, mpd is started (if my USB drive with the music is mounted).

[hitchi]

Well, if run as user, mpd drops root privileges, also i have it binded to localhost, so i don't think there is any real danger.
I don't want to startx just to run mpd (or have it killed by quiting X) so i put this i "/etc/init.d/mpd" :
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#! /bin/bash
#
# mpd Start/Stop the mpd daemon.
#
# chkconfig: 3 12 88
# description: MPD is a Music Player Daemon
# processname: mpd
# pidfile: /var/lib/mpd/mpd.pid

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
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It seems to do the job.
Thank you non the less.

[Jannis]

I just found some time browsing the forums again, finally.

Again: MPD is not intended to be run as root. AFAIK, if run "mpd" from an X terminal or a DE session manager, it won't quit when you decide to restart X. So it should be sufficient to add the mpd call to ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile or whatever.

[hitchi]

I'm sorry, you're right, mpd doesn't quit when restarting X.
But the init script isn't that insecure since mpd is setup in my config to run as user as per the http://musicpd.org/faq.shtml#Q10
Aniway the call in ~/.bashrc is good thinking and makes the all ideia of an init script kind of useless; i guess i just like the automation