[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#732790: Bug#732790: mpd: Unable to launch as user

[Florian Schlichting]

Hi,

> mpd crashes when launched as user:
> 
> root at fadreils: ~$ service mpd stop
> [ ok ] Stopping Music Player Daemon: mpd.
> 
> seth at fadreils: ~$ mpd ~/.config/mpd/rc
> fatal_error: Failed to set supplementary groups of user "seth": Operation not
> permitted
> 
> It worked well several monthes ago.

It's not exactly a crash, as mpd terminates on purpose, but I think you
may be encountering a bug there.

Can you confirm that in mpd's configuration file, you have "user" set
but "group" not set/commented out? 

And can you also check that mpd starts up ok if you comment out both the
"user" and the "group" directive, or leave "user" and set "group" to
your user's primary group (likely the same as your username)?

Florian





> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: jessie/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages mpd depends on:
> ii  adduser                   3.113+nmu3
> ii  init-system-helpers       1.13
> ii  libadplug-2.2.1-0         2.2.1+dfsg3-0.1
> ii  libao4                    1.1.0-2
> ii  libasound2                1.0.27.2-3
> ii  libaudiofile1             0.3.6-2
> ii  libavahi-client3          0.6.31-3
> ii  libavahi-common3          0.6.31-3
> ii  libavcodec54              10:1.2.4-dmo4
> ii  libavformat54             10:1.2.4-dmo4
> ii  libavutil52               10:2.1.1-dmo2
> ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.6-5
> ii  libc6                     2.17-97
> ii  libcdio-cdda1             0.83-4.1
> ii  libcdio-paranoia1         0.83-4.1
> ii  libcdio13                 0.83-4.1
> ii  libcurl3-gnutls           7.34.0-1
> ii  libfaad2                  2.7-8
> ii  libflac8                  1.3.0-2
> ii  libfluidsynth1            1.1.6-2
> ii  libglib2.0-0              2.36.4-1
> ii  libgme0                   0.5.5-2
> ii  libid3tag0                0.15.1b-10
> ii  libiso9660-8              0.83-4.1
> ii  libjack0 [libjack-0.116]  1:0.121.3+20120418git75e3e20b-2.1
> ii  libmad0                   0.15.1b-8
> ii  libmikmod2                3.1.12-5
> ii  libmms0                   0.6.2-3
> ii  libmodplug1               1:0.8.8.4-4
> ii  libmp3lame0               1:3.99.5-dmo2
> ii  libmpcdec6                2:0.1~r459-4
> ii  libmpdclient2             2.9-1
> ii  libmpg123-0               1.16.0-1
> ii  libogg0                   1.3.1-1
> ii  libopenal1                1:1.14-4
> ii  libopus0                  1.1-1
> ii  libpulse0                 4.0-6+b1
> ii  libresid-builder0c2a      2.1.1-14
> ii  libroar2                  1.0~beta10-1
> ii  libsamplerate0            0.1.8-5
> ii  libshout3                 2.3.1-3
> ii  libsidplay2               2.1.1-14
> ii  libsidutils0              2.1.1-14
> ii  libsndfile1               1.0.25-7
> ii  libsqlite3-0              3.8.2-1
> ii  libstdc++6                4.8.2-10
> ii  libsystemd-daemon0        204-5
> ii  libvorbis0a               1.3.2-1.3
> ii  libvorbisenc2             1.3.2-1.3
> ii  libvorbisfile3            1.3.2-1.3
> ii  libwavpack1               4.70.0-1
> ii  libwildmidi1              0.2.3.4-2.1
> ii  libwrap0                  7.6.q-24
> ii  libyajl2                  2.0.4-4
> ii  lsb-base                  4.1+Debian12
> 
> mpd recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages mpd suggests:
> ii  avahi-daemon      0.6.31-3
> pn  icecast2          <none>
> ii  mpc [mpd-client]  0.25-1
> pn  pulseaudio        <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Florian Schlichting

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