Can't update MPC's database.

[MetalMusicAddict]

I haven't tried to update MPD's database in a good bit. I tried today and ran into this error: "error: you don't have permission for "update"" when using mpc.

gMPC just throws all kinds of errors. Disconnects me, binds up MPD. I have to eventually restart MPD to settle things down.

Have some things changed with permissions I don't know about?

I run MPD as a service and have edited the configs as root.


Any help?

[Ruud Helderman]

I am replying to a rather old post here, hoping to help out anybody who googled his way here in search of an answer (like myself).

I got the exact same message from mpc; in fact, almost every mpc command would return "you don't have permission for...", including the rather innocent mpc status.

$ mpc status
error: you don't have permission for "status"

In my case, the reason was quite logical: mpd was password-protected. Check your configuration files (/etc/mpd.conf and ~/.mpdconf); see if there is a line starting with the word 'password'.

$ grep '^password' /etc/mpd.conf ~/.mpdconf
/etc/mpd.conf:password "foo@read,add,control,admin"
grep: /home/ruud/.mpdconf: No such file or directory

Alright, so your password is 'foo'; specify it when calling mpc:

$ mpc --host foo@localhost update
Updating DB (#6) ...
volume: n/a repeat: off random: off single: off consume: off

HTH; and if so, you may want to set environment variable MPD_HOST, as proposed in the manual (man mpc).

[wildmanne39]

Thanks for sharing! Old thread closed!