Index: doc/mpdconf.example
--- doc/mpdconf.example.orig
+++ doc/mpdconf.example
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 # be disabled and audio files will only be accepted over ipc socket (using
 # file:// protocol) or streaming files over an accepted protocol.
 #
-#music_directory		"~/music"
+music_directory		"/please-configure-your-music_directory"
 #
 # This setting sets the MPD internal playlist directory. The purpose of this
 # directory is storage for playlists created by MPD. The server will use
 # playlist files not created by the server but only if they are in the MPD
 # format. This setting defaults to playlist saving being disabled.
 #
-#playlist_directory		"~/.mpd/playlists"
+playlist_directory			"/var/spool/mpd/playlists"
 #
 # This setting sets the location of the MPD database. This file is used to
 # load the database at server start up and store the database while the
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # MPD to accept files over ipc socket (using file:// protocol) or streaming
 # files over an accepted protocol.
 #
-#db_file			"~/.mpd/database"
+db_file			"/var/spool/mpd/mpd.db"
 
 # These settings are the locations for the daemon log files for the daemon.
 #
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # If you use systemd, do not configure a log_file.  With systemd, MPD
 # defaults to the systemd journal, which is fine.
 #
-#log_file			"~/.mpd/log"
+log_file			"/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
 
 # This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID
 # for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@
 #
 # If you use systemd, do not configure a pid_file.
 #
-#pid_file			"~/.mpd/pid"
+pid_file			"/var/spool/mpd/mpd.pid"
 
 # This setting sets the location of the file which contains information about
 # most variables to get MPD back into the same general shape it was in before
 # it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default and the server
 # state will be reset on server start up.
 #
-#state_file			"~/.mpd/state"
+state_file			"/var/spool/mpd/mpdstate"
 #
 # The location of the sticker database.  This is a database which
 # manages dynamic information attached to songs.
 #
-#sticker_file			"~/.mpd/sticker.sql"
+sticker_file			"/var/spool/mpd/sticker.sql"
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # initialization. This setting is disabled by default and MPD is run as the
 # current user.
 #
-#user				"nobody"
+user                            "_mpd"
 #
 # This setting specifies the group that MPD will run as. If not specified
 # primary group of user specified with "user" setting will be used (if set).
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@
 #
 # And for Unix Socket
 #bind_to_address		"~/.mpd/socket"
+#bind_to_address		"/var/run/mpd/socket"
 #
+bind_to_address			"localhost"
+#
 # This setting is the TCP port that is desired for the daemon to get assigned
 # to.
 #
@@ -330,11 +333,11 @@ input {
 #
 # An example of an sndio output.
 #
-#audio_output {
-#	type		"sndio"
-#	name		"sndio output"
-#	mixer_type	"hardware"
-#}
+audio_output {
+	type		"sndio"
+	name		"sndio output"
+	mixer_type	"hardware"
+}
 #
 # An example of an OS X output:
 #