[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#306501: mpd: request for read-only mode

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2015-01-26 22:12:19 +0100, Florian Schlichting wrote:
> > mpd should have a read-only mode for clients. Currently, if a user
> > wants to be able to play files of the playlist, he needs the "control"
> > permission, i.e.
> >
> > password "password at read,control"
> >
> > in the /etc/mpd.conf file. But the "control" permission also allows
> > him to clear the playlist and save it.
> 
> I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve. Why shouldn't the client be
> able to add songs to the current playlist, or clear it and build a new
> playlist?

That's a long time ago... IIRC, the goal when I looked at mpd was to
provide a fixed playlist (set up by the admin) to remote users, who
get music delivered to their own computers. But each user should be
able to choose the current position in the playlist.

> And, given that this bug is almost ten years old and has failed to
> attract any visible reaction up to now, do you think it's still useful
> to keep it open, do you want to take your request upstream, or should we
> conclude that mpd won't change in this regard and just put it to rest?

Perhaps mpd is not the right tool, or the documentation was unclear.

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