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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/mpd.conf.5 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/mpdconf.example | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mpd.conf.5 b/doc/mpd.conf.5 index 8cc3b0573..b0f69eb58 100644 --- a/doc/mpd.conf.5 +++ b/doc/mpd.conf.5 @@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ the "kill" command. When mpd is restarted, it will read the state file and restore the state of mpd (including the playlist). .TP .B user <username> -This specifies the user that mpd will run as, if set. +This specifies the user that MPD will run as, if set. MPD should +never run as root, and you may use this option to make MPD change its +user id after initialization. Do not use this option if you start MPD +as an unprivileged user. .TP .B bind_to_address <ip address or hostname or any> This specifies which address mpd binds to and listens on. Multiple diff --git a/doc/mpdconf.example b/doc/mpdconf.example index 80e692f3c..ccbb00395 100644 --- a/doc/mpdconf.example +++ b/doc/mpdconf.example @@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ error_file "~/.mpd/error-log" # General music daemon options ################################################ # -# If the user option is set, MPD will attempt to drop root privileges when it -# begins. Otherwise, MPD will run as root, which is not recommended. +# This specifies the user that MPD will run as, if set. MPD should +# never run as root, and you may use this option to make MPD change +# its user id after initialization. Do not use this option if you +# start MPD as an unprivileged user. # #user "nobody" # @@ -312,4 +314,4 @@ error_file "~/.mpd/error-log" # #id3v1_encoding "ISO-8859-1" # -###############################################################################
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