Re: [PATCH] Fix systemd socket-unit example

[Ulrich Ölmann]

Gentle ping!
(And putting the socket unit's original author Matthew on CC).

Ulrich


On Thu, Dec 03 2020 at 12:54 +0100, Ulrich Ölmann <u.oelmann@pengutronix.de> 
wrote:
> * doc/emacs/misc.texi (Emacs Server): The socket containing directory
> is per default created with permissions 0755 by the socket-unit.
> However this is considered unsafe since commit [1], so enhance unit
> example with systemd configuration directive `DirectoryMode=' to
> create it with safe permissions, see
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.socket.html#DirectoryMode=
>
> [1] 2003-04-12 "(server-socket-name): Use new safe location for socket."
> ---
> It took me some hours to track the problem down as `emacs --daemon'
> did not complain about what it misliked and only refused to cooperate
> with `emacsclient'. Unfortunately I am only a emacs user and no
> developer so I do not know how to enhance that situation.
>
>  doc/emacs/misc.texi | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
> index 4865ee175180..327ae3e31e30 100644
> --- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi
> +++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
> @@ -1709,6 +1709,7 @@ Emacs Server
>  @example
>  [Socket]
>  ListenStream=/path/to/.emacs.socket
> +DirectoryMode=0700
>  
>  [Install]
>  WantedBy=sockets.target
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