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-rw-r--r--doc/mpd.conf.55
-rw-r--r--doc/mpdconf.example8
-rw-r--r--src/log.c6
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mpd.conf.5 b/doc/mpd.conf.5
index 31b105c8..ff24fd82 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/mpd.conf.5
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ the "kill" command. When mpd is restarted, it will read the state file and
restore the state of mpd (including the playlist).
.TP
.B user <username>
-This specifies the user that mpd will run as, if set.
+This specifies the user that MPD will run as, if set. MPD should
+never run as root, and you may use this option to make MPD change its
+user id after initialization. Do not use this option if you start MPD
+as an unprivileged user.
.TP
.B bind_to_address <ip address or hostname or any>
This specifies which address mpd binds to and listens on. Multiple
diff --git a/doc/mpdconf.example b/doc/mpdconf.example
index 80e692f3..ccbb0039 100644
--- a/doc/mpdconf.example
+++ b/doc/mpdconf.example
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ error_file "~/.mpd/error-log"
# General music daemon options ################################################
#
-# If the user option is set, MPD will attempt to drop root privileges when it
-# begins. Otherwise, MPD will run as root, which is not recommended.
+# This specifies the user that MPD will run as, if set. MPD should
+# never run as root, and you may use this option to make MPD change
+# its user id after initialization. Do not use this option if you
+# start MPD as an unprivileged user.
#
#user "nobody"
#
@@ -312,4 +314,4 @@ error_file "~/.mpd/error-log"
#
#id3v1_encoding "ISO-8859-1"
#
-############################################################################### \ No newline at end of file
+###############################################################################
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index e09aaf32..1510b29e 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
#include <pthread.h>
#include <glib.h>
-#define LOG_LEVEL_SECURE G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE
+#define LOG_LEVEL_SECURE G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO
#define LOG_DATE_BUF_SIZE 16
#define LOG_DATE_LEN (LOG_DATE_BUF_SIZE - 1)
-static unsigned int log_threshold = G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO;
+static unsigned int log_threshold = G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE;
static const char *log_charset;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void initLog(bool verbose)
if (!(param = getConfigParam(CONF_LOG_LEVEL)))
return;
if (0 == strcmp(param->value, "default")) {
- log_threshold = G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO;
+ log_threshold = G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE;
} else if (0 == strcmp(param->value, "secure")) {
log_threshold = LOG_LEVEL_SECURE;
} else if (0 == strcmp(param->value, "verbose")) {