From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: bug#23274: Misleading error message when running guix-daemon as unprivileged user Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:22:37 -0400 Message-ID: <20160412012237.GA24435@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55873) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apn2n-0001HI-Ml for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:23:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apn2k-0001Aw-Ed for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:23:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47549) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apn2k-0001Aq-Ah for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:23:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1apn2k-0002uT-4u for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:23:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apn24-0000TQ-Q6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:22:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apn21-0000zV-Jz for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:22:20 -0400 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:47897) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1apn21-0000yj-GN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:22:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-69-249-5-231.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [69.249.5.231]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 00D4AC0001A for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:22:15 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 23274@debbugs.gnu.org When trying to start the guix-daemon as an unprivileged user, the following error message is printed: error: cannot bind to socket `/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket': Address already in use Would it make sense to try to provide a more helpful error message?