From 08d2ff86b0c7ed91549d832cf3e572c8623dc8e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Powell <petpow@saberuk.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 13:53:52 +0100
Subject: Various improvements to UNIX socket support.

- Allow replacing dead UNIX sockets on startup.
- Allow setting the permissions of the UNIX socket.
- Expand the UNIX socket path relative to the data directory.
---
 docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example')

diff --git a/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example b/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
index 9baaa5261..f421eb0e8 100644
--- a/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
+++ b/docs/conf/inspircd.conf.example
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 #  information on how to load this module! If you do not load this    #
 #  module, server ports will NOT work!                                #
 
+# Listener that binds on a TCP/IP endpoint:
 <bind
       # address: IP address to bind to if the box that you are hosting
       # on has more than one IP, else the ircd will try to bind to all
@@ -175,8 +176,29 @@
       # whether the interface that provides the bind address is available. This
       # is useful for if you are starting InspIRCd on boot when the server may
       # not have brought the network interfaces up yet.
-      free="no"
->
+      free="no">
+
+# Listener that binds on a UNIX endpoint (not supported on Windows):
+#<bind
+
+    # path: The location to store the UNIX socket
+    #path="/tmp/inspircd.sock"
+
+    # type: Type of bind block this is. It can either be clients or
+    # servers. Whichever you select will be the only type able to connect
+    # to this bind section.
+    #type="clients"
+
+    # permissions: The octal permissions to set on the UNIX socket after it has
+    # been created. If you are not familiar with octal permissions you should
+    # not define this or refer to http://permissions-calculator.org for help.
+    #permissions=""
+
+    # replace: if the UNIX socket path already exists then remove it before
+    # attempting to create the new one. This is strongly recommended as it
+    # allows InspIRCd to create sockets in cases where it previously did not
+    # shut down cleanly and left a zombie socket behind.
+    #replace="yes">
 
 <bind address="" port="6660-6669" type="clients">
 
@@ -185,9 +207,6 @@
 # module).
 #<bind address="" port="7002" type="clients" hook="websocket">
 
-# EXPERIMENTAL: Listener that binds on a UNIX endpoint instead of a TCP/IP endpoint:
-#<bind path="/tmp/inspircd.sock" type="clients">
-
 # You can define a custom <sslprofile> tag which defines the SSL configuration
 # for this listener. See the docs page for the SSL module you are using for
 # more details.
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