From 83d598bdfd89604db57d899e3afd4a1e5a9f3dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Kellermann <max@musicpd.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:33:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc/user.rst: add bind_to_address/port examples --- doc/user.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/user.rst b/doc/user.rst index 85b2446ce..ea27a038a 100644 --- a/doc/user.rst +++ b/doc/user.rst @@ -461,13 +461,33 @@ Client Connections Listeners ~~~~~~~~~ -The setting :code:`bind_to_address` specifies which addresses :program:`MPD` listens on for connections from clients. The default is "any", which binds to all available addresses. +The setting :code:`bind_to_address` specifies which addresses +:program:`MPD` listens on for connections from clients. It can be +used multiple times to bind to more than one address. Example:: -You can set a port that is different from the global port setting, e.g. "localhost:6602". IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets if you want to configure a port, e.g. "[::1]:6602". + bind_to_address "192.168.1.42" + bind_to_address "127.0.0.1" -To bind to a local socket (UNIX domain socket), specify an absolute path or a path starting with a tilde (~). Some clients default to connecting to :file:`/var/run/mpd/socket` so this may be a good choice. +The default is "any", which binds to all available addresses. + +You can set a port that is different from the global port setting, +e.g. "localhost:6602". IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square +brackets if you want to configure a port:: + + bind_to_address "[::1]:6602" + +To bind to a local socket (UNIX domain socket), specify an absolute +path or a path starting with a tilde (~). Some clients default to +connecting to :file:`/var/run/mpd/socket` so this may be a good +choice:: + + bind_to_address "/var/run/mpd/socket" + +If no port is specified, the default port is 6600. This default can +be changed with the port setting:: + + port "6601" -If no port is specified, the default port is 6600. This default can be changed with the port setting. Permissions and Passwords ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~