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docs: clarify sockdir's separation

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There's another reason for separating sockdir from tmpdir, beyond "shorter
pathnames needed": permissions. For example, passt drops privileges such
that it cannot access "/tmp", and that restricts both the unix domain
socket and the PID file of passt.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184967
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230714132213.96616-5-lersek@redhat.com>
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Laszlo Ersek
2023-07-14 15:22:10 +02:00
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@@ -1548,8 +1548,8 @@ See L</LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR>, L</LIBGUESTFS_TMPDIR>.
This directory represents a user-specific directory for storing
non-essential runtime files.
If it is set, then is used to store temporary sockets. Otherwise,
F</tmp> is used.
If it is set, then is used to store temporary sockets and PID files.
Otherwise, F</tmp> is used.
See also L</get-sockdir>,
L<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec/>.