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authorfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2019-08-29 11:40:10 +0800
committerfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2019-08-29 11:55:03 +0800
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parent9546a785953b7f61a3a50e2175283cbf30bc2151 (diff)
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downloadbitcoin-fc5b756bae26db5e88bd6ed15e2eb45b05e76bdd.tar.xz
Merge #16556: Fix systemd service file configuration directory setup
f3b57f4a1c17aadbf02d408e980490c88838c6ba Unrecommend making config file owned by bitcoin (setpill) 870d4152dfc3d990e336723562948835c2dbd646 Set ProtectHome in systemd service file (setpill) 639a416e3758b3005b860b198f0ec7bdd80a7f0c Chgrp config dir to bitcoin in systemd service (setpill) aded0528f0e1e3735ce8dd26fd9e546150b73187 Improve clarity of systemd service file comments (setpill) Pull request description: Rationale: ran into a bug with the systemd service file, fixed it locally and figured I might as well contribute my fix. Also fixed some unrelated confusing phrasing in the comments of the same file, after discussion in IRC. ACKs for top commit: sipsorcery: tACK f3b57f4a1c17aadbf02d408e980490c88838c6ba (nothing changed since previous tACK). ryanofsky: utACK f3b57f4a1c17aadbf02d408e980490c88838c6ba. Only change since last review is removing ConfigurationDirectoryMode churn in early commits Tree-SHA512: 2188345878925b9e8a5c2c3df8dfba443720e2252a164db54a8e1d8007846721497b2d98c56f1d9b60a9a9ed4fdb1156c7b02c699616b220a9b614671617d32a
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@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ Data directory: `/var/lib/bitcoind`
PID file: `/var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (OpenRC and Upstart) or `/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (systemd)
Lock file: `/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind` (CentOS)
-The configuration file, PID directory (if applicable) and data directory
-should all be owned by the bitcoin user and group. It is advised for security
-reasons to make the configuration file and data directory only readable by the
-bitcoin user and group. Access to bitcoin-cli and other bitcoind rpc clients
-can then be controlled by group membership.
+The PID directory (if applicable) and data directory should both be owned by the
+bitcoin user and group. It is advised for security reasons to make the
+configuration file and data directory only readable by the bitcoin user and
+group. Access to bitcoin-cli and other bitcoind rpc clients can then be
+controlled by group membership.
NOTE: When using the systemd .service file, the creation of the aforementioned
directories and the setting of their permissions is automatically handled by