symbolic link is not detected on NAS

[Anonymous]

i did the log – level 9

if i use
mp3_dir = /shares/internal/MUSIK — songs are detected
mp3_dir = /shares/internal/MUSIK/Musik –songs are not detected
mp3_dir = /music (and the symbolik link to /shares/internal/MUSIK) — songs are not detected

debug level did not help to find the problem of symb. links.

ok .. i can use the direkt link but if somebody has running the configuration with the symb link i’d like to know the build vers. of Firefly.
thx

[sonichouse]

Shooting in the dark, but have you tried ln -d instead of -s.

Not sure if that is supported on your platform.

Steve

[fizze]

well, you do not need symbolic links, just add another mp3 directory.
Unless you are using 0.2.4 of mt-daapd, this should work alright.

What version are you using?

[rpedde]

@fizze wrote:

well, you do not need symbolic links, just add another mp3 directory.
Unless you are using 0.2.4 of mt-daapd, this should work alright.

What version are you using?

While it’s almost certainly a permissions issue (your music directory isn’t world readable), there is also a config option to control whether or not it follows symlinks when scanning. Default iirc is 1. But worth checking.

Also, probably the “real” solution is to have the server run as your user, as your user put the data there, so can certainly read it.

Check /etc/passwd and see what your unix username is and change the “run_as” user to that. Should fix you up.

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