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author | Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@fripost.org> | 2020-08-03 22:57:32 +0200 |
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committer | Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@fripost.org> | 2020-08-04 01:39:39 +0200 |
commit | e419eb68718085fa2e2505eb4b4aa08145f7dc1c (patch) | |
tree | b71aa88e60d4775bec2efece141acbb9f024a88d /lacme.8.md | |
parent | da8b727f156d23553eecb90e8731d39c6027cb02 (diff) |
Ignore [accountd] section from lacme.conf when the --socket option is defined.
This allows remotely-controlled lacme processes being controlled without
modifying an config files. See https://bugs.debian.org/955767 .
Diffstat (limited to 'lacme.8.md')
-rw-r--r-- | lacme.8.md | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -108,11 +108,9 @@ Generic options aborts if `path` is readable or writable by other users, or if its parent directory is writable by other users. This command-line option overrides the *socket* option of the - [`[client]` section](#client-section) of the configuration file. - Moreover this option is ignored when the configuration file has an - [`[accountd]` section](#accountd-section); in that case `lacme` - spawns [`lacme-accountd`(1)], and the two processes communicate - through a socket pair. + [`[client]` section](#client-section) of the configuration file; it + also causes the [`[accountd]` section](#accountd-section) to be + ignored. `-h`, `--help` @@ -276,10 +274,11 @@ served during certificate issuance. `[accountd]` section --------------------- -This section is used for configuring the [`lacme-accountd`(1)] process. -If the section (including its header) is absent or commented out, -`lacme` connects to an existing UNIX-domain socket bound by a running -[`lacme-accountd`(1)] process. +This section is used for configuring the [`lacme-accountd`(1)] child +process. If the section (including its header) is absent or commented +out, or if the CLI option `--socket` is specified, then `lacme` connects +to an existing [`lacme-accountd`(1)] process via the specified +UNIX-domain socket. *user* |