[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#813754: Bug#813754: Bug#813754: Bug#813754: Can't open port 6600 when run syste, -wide vis systemd

[Florian Schlichting]

Hi Matthew,

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 05:34:28AM -0500, Matthew E. J. Draisey wrote:
> I just fixed a situation where I couldn't get mpd to work over my home network.
> I think it may be this same issue.
> 
> On my system
> 
>     # sysctl net/ipv6/bindv6only
>     net.ipv6.bindv6only = 1
> 
> netstat would show init listening on [::]:6600 but doesn't report the
> IPV6_V6ONLY socket state so I had missed there was no socket listening on ipv4.
> 
> Adding
> 
>     [Socket]
>     BindIPv6Only=both
> 
> to the mpd.socket unit fixed my problem.

that's an interesing observation. Lisandro could you check that?

AFAIK net.ipv6.bindv6only defaults to "both", so as a package maintainer
I wouldn't override a local configuration where the admin has decided to
deviate from the default.

Florian