Qole - just a thought.. what exactly is the point to copying the /etc/passwd and group files from maemo?? That doesn't actually fix any permissions on the filesystem...

in beta3 you notice no difference because user already has the same 10000 UID as on maemo.. so it's unnecessary and does nothing but break mpd and any other unique users.

in beta4 or any other OS.. if your /home/user was created with a different UID.. say 148, and you copy /etc/passwd from maemo to /debian you will still be unable to access /home/user.. the permissions will show UID/GID 148:148 on the directory instead of saying user..

passwd and group really just give easy names to UID/GID matches.. changing the names to a different UID doesn't actually change any permissions.. only new ones created.. which would create for a rather unstable environment..

If my logic is wrong let me know..