From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 19 17:37:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A74106566C for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sisson.j@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f218.google.com (mail-gx0-f218.google.com [209.85.217.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB9B8FC13 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk10 with SMTP id 10so36627gxk.3 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:37:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ABYLo6NIRr6mUvd8h8sCMQzKtWBn7lb1YQvJmkZApE4=; b=kgcM6JbHuoY5Hyeme/qtRSigHRtNSDHqeVJWY61L3oSRJYr/sGSmrBhv81fQTilYIv CxzEi/aDNSmYvjQWbt2njIp9udPsE0nbrAi0iXdUAnlrsKSPrj4yWbp4QCn6X7d4xD54 gJ2ggFtSja5QzHZX6LiKxfuOfHVFV085bH5KQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=gz9+5JZj7EiuBMu6tVzR7h0MsQeyvXcD31VQlfON4BXYLYbbwvWkFIQc5+iTRPBKZJ 0KrpnXqt2pqlG91Ox06mvbeRrrJvBC75GwDRBc1tBKuKs8FOvvPLVuVsERV22/3z5dYH xWo/XEg1pEQ/X915q63Qo4Ow3hSHCYUjzRv/k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.138.13 with SMTP id n13mr35708hbn.9.1258652253753; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:37:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <964121.24574.qm@web24815.mail.ird.yahoo.com> References: <964121.24574.qm@web24815.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:37:33 -0600 Message-ID: <4297a9020911190937m14baa51dge156c6e08e291514@mail.gmail.com> From: J Sisson To: "Alexandre L." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Question Subject: Re: FreeBSD port : audio/mpdscribble X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:35 -0000 On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Alexandre L. wrote: > mpdscribble: Failed to create pidfile /var/run/mpdscribble.pid: Permission > denied > Here my conf file /usr/local/etc/mpdscribble.conf : > # The location of the pid file. mpdscribble saves its process id there. > pidfile = /var/run/mpdscribble.pid > Just a shot in the dark, but can't you change the pidfile to a user-writable location in the conf file and save yourself the permissions headaches? Something like $HOME/mpdscribble.pid ? Have you tried that yet? -- Computers are like air conditioners... They quit working when you open Windows.