Permission denied trying to link External HD to mpd

[snapback77]

I am trying to make a symbolic link in GNOME holding the Ctrl+Shift Keys while dragging my MUSIC directory to my var/lib/mpd file and I get the following window saying:
Error while copying "Link to MUSIC". there was and error copying the file into /var/lib/mpd
Error making symbolic link: Permission denied.
What gives? How do I get MPD data base to link with my external HD where all my music files are?
All I need is permission?
Thanks.

[cchhrriiss121212]

You could use:

sudo nautilus
to drag and drop the link.

But I would rather edit the mdp.conf file to set the chosen directory. You should find it in your home folder after pressing ctrl+h to display hidden files.

[snapback77]

Thanks for your response. I tried sudo nautilus and was able to move the MUSIC directory from the external Seagate Expansion Drive to mpd but it did not work and I lost the files in my Home Folder Music
I may have to reinstall MPD.
MPD and Sonata up and running again. I still have to move all my music from my Seagate External Hard drive to my Music folder which is a drag. Is there a problem the HD being formatted for Windows? The name of the HD is Expansion Drive. When I try to symlick it tells me no such file as 'Expansion'