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-rw-r--r--lib-src/emacsclient.c28
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index f4768408980..5871a18ce69 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -1357,6 +1357,7 @@ set_local_socket (char const *server_name)
int tmpdirlen = -1;
int socknamelen = -1;
uid_t uid = geteuid ();
+ bool tmpdir_used = false;
if (strchr (server_name, '/')
|| (ISSLASH ('\\') && strchr (server_name, '\\')))
@@ -1389,6 +1390,7 @@ set_local_socket (char const *server_name)
}
socknamelen = local_sockname (sockname, socknamesize, tmpdirlen,
uid, server_name);
+ tmpdir_used = true;
}
}
@@ -1462,11 +1464,27 @@ set_local_socket (char const *server_name)
if (sock_status < 0)
message (true, "%s: Invalid socket owner\n", progname);
else if (sock_status == ENOENT)
- message (true,
- ("%s: can't find socket; have you started the server?\n"
- "%s: To start the server in Emacs,"
- " type \"M-x server-start\".\n"),
- progname, progname);
+ {
+ if (tmpdir_used)
+ {
+ uintmax_t id = uid;
+ char sockdirname[socknamesize];
+ int sockdirnamelen = snprintf (sockdirname, sizeof sockdirname,
+ "/run/user/%"PRIuMAX, id);
+ if (0 <= sockdirnamelen && sockdirnamelen < sizeof sockdirname
+ && euidaccess (sockdirname, X_OK) == 0)
+ message
+ (true,
+ ("%s: Should XDG_RUNTIME_DIR='%s' be in the environment?\n"
+ "%s: (Be careful: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is security-related.)\n"),
+ progname, sockdirname, progname);
+ }
+ message (true,
+ ("%s: can't find socket; have you started the server?\n"
+ "%s: To start the server in Emacs,"
+ " type \"M-x server-start\".\n"),
+ progname, progname);
+ }
else
message (true, "%s: can't stat %s: %s\n",
progname, sockname, strerror (sock_status));