Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

[JD]

On 09/19/2010 08:38 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> I've enabled sharing over DAAP (Avahi) on the local network for my
> Rhythmbox music library. When I start Rhythmbox, it shows up on iTunes
> on my Mac, and Rhythmbox acknowledges the connection:
>
> (10:33:13) [0x9e59038] [session_id_validate] rb-daap-share.c:728:
> Validating session id 3480614792 from 192.168.123.198 matches
> 192.168.123.198
>
> The playlists are correctly listed in iTunes, but none of the tracks
> show up.
>
> The firewall is open on port 3689, a connection is established between
> the two systems, but there's no traffic after the playlist names are sent.
>
> (FWIW, this also happens if iTunes is running on Windows.)
>
It probably has something to do with the permissions of the filesystem
or directory and file permissions?
Are you sure that the directory and it's contents can indeed be shared
by this protocol?