From fa7fa2a55f6ddd90e3eed274b0eb8d1e00abea9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 22:57:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] playlist_song: allow references to songs outside the musicdir

When we have an absolute path that's not inside the music directory,
allow loading it anyway, if we're in "secure" mode (i.e. the client is
connected via UNIX socket).
---
 NEWS                | 2 ++
 src/playlist_song.c | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 933b97958..2577f9d95 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ ver 0.17 (2011/??/??)
   - raop: new output plugin
   - shout: add possibility to set url
   - roar: new output plugin for RoarAudio
+* playlist:
+  - allow references to songs outside the music directory
 * state_file: add option "restore_paused"
 * cue: show CUE track numbers
 * allow port specification in "bind_to_address" settings
diff --git a/src/playlist_song.c b/src/playlist_song.c
index afdc0cf9c..d40ef63cf 100644
--- a/src/playlist_song.c
+++ b/src/playlist_song.c
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ playlist_check_translate_song(struct song *song, const char *base_uri,
 	if (uri_has_scheme(uri)) {
 		dest = song_remote_new(uri);
 		g_free(uri);
+	} else if (g_path_is_absolute(uri) && secure) {
+		dest = song_file_load(uri, NULL);
+		if (dest == NULL) {
+			song_free(song);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	} else {
 		dest = db_get_song(uri);
 		g_free(uri);