Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> with regards to debian bug #573902:
>
> it looks like the origin of the limit for the length of the unix-domain
> socket filename is not actually in socat.
>
> I traced it back to /usr/include/sys/un.h, which says:
>
>> /* Structure describing the address of an AF_LOCAL (aka AF_UNIX) socket. */
>> struct sockaddr_un
>> {
>> __SOCKADDR_COMMON (sun_);
>> char sun_path[108]; /* Path name. */
>> };
>
> so maybe it's a kernel limitation? or a libc6 limitation? ugh.
>
> --dkg
>
That does indeed appear to be the origin of the limit. Although sanely
dying, or notifying, when trying to open a socket with a longer file
name than 108 chars should be appropriate.
-Chris
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