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I have set up Ampache and think it is quite cool.
One issue is that I need to set up a 'generic' account. This account will be used by various people on a need to know basis. Since it is a shared account I need the password to be fixed and not be changed by the user and as well allow the user to browse and play music but not save any playlists.
I tried the Guest Account - this prevents the user from changing the password but the Guest Account setting DOES NOT allow the user to play music.
Does anyone know how I can make this happen??
Thanks a lot!
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There isn't any feature that would give someone everything that a user can do except the ability to save playlists, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?
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Basically what I need is a Generic Account that will be used by lots of people.
Since there are many people using this Generic Account - I do not want any one user to be able to change or customize the experience for the other users.
Not saving playlists is not so much a big deal.
The most important thing is to not allow the the password to be changed - this appears to be accomplished by the Guest Account.
My biggest problem is that this Guest Account CAN NOT play the music.
Do you know how I can get this Guest Account to be able to play music??
Thanx so much!
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http://ampache.org/bugs/ticket/14
Would the above feature request work?
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This feature will not work. We need to restrict who can access the site by issuing a Generic Username and Password and control who has it.
Should not a Guest User be able to play music?
Thanx for your speedy reply!
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By design the guests aren't inteeded to be able to do anything, though I understand what you are trying to accomplish... Is there any reason you can't use the registration system and simply set the 'auto' level to User so that each individual has to register with a valid e-mail address, and then is able to login and customize their interface...
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My problem with doing an Auto Registration is that I can not control who can access the site.
Is there anyway an adminisrative option can be set on the "User" type to prevent them from changing the password?
Thanx again for your time!
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You're essentially looking for a Windows like option that "User cannot change password"
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I met with my stakeholders today and I do not think Ampache will be able to meet our needs.
Thanx everyone for your time and attention to my requests!
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so does that mean you don't want it anymore?
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Sorry for the delay in responding - Ampache is not dead a and I can live with the Guest Password thing.
One thing I must be able to do is create and save playlists. This can be done via a file on the server and does not have to be user changeable. Is this possible?
Thanx
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If you want to 'permenatly' save a playlist to the "server" and you are not using a client that understands the XML API (Amarok2, Coherence, Quickplay) then you will need to turn off require_session in the config file as normal players wouldn't know how to re-negoiate a valid session
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Back to your comments on Aug 19.
Is it possible to prevent the Guest User from changing their Password and from Saving Playlist?
If not is this a possible feature?
Thanx!
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Currently no, just subit a feature request to http://ampache.org/bugs for it, it is definitely possible. However be aware that I still don't have internet at home, so I can't really do any work for the time being. I hope to have internet soon, but I'm d not too optomistic :( I think I'm going to have to have France telecome come out again and look at the line....
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I have opened a ticket for this suggestion - http://ampache.org/bugs/ticket/315
Thanx!
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BTW - Vollmerk - You moved to France from Oregon?? Cool!
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Saw the bug report, thanks for submitting it, and Yup quite a long journey, and haven't quiet settled here (still working on internet) but it was a good move
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