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| -rw-r--r-- | src/daemon/main.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c index 0449cb94..cf655ee0 100644 --- a/src/daemon/main.c +++ b/src/daemon/main.c @@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ static int change_user(void) { struct passwd *pw; struct group * gr; int r; + + /* This function is called only in system-wide mode. It creates a + * runtime dir in /var/run/ with proper UID/GID and drops privs + * afterwards. */ if (!(pw = getpwnam(PA_SYSTEM_USER))) { pa_log(__FILE__": Failed to find user '%s'.", PA_SYSTEM_USER); @@ -238,8 +242,12 @@ static int change_user(void) { static int create_runtime_dir(void) { char fn[PATH_MAX]; - + pa_runtime_path(NULL, fn, sizeof(fn)); + + /* This function is called only when the daemon is started in + * per-user mode. We create the runtime directory somewhere in + * /tmp/ with the current UID/GID */ if (pa_make_secure_dir(fn, 0700, getuid(), getgid()) < 0) { pa_log(__FILE__": Failed to create '%s': %s", fn, pa_cstrerror(errno)); |