1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 7899b7b..ee72824 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -121,9 +121,17 @@ int get_socket_fd (const char *socketname, int as_daemon)
 	int fd;
 	struct sockaddr_un addr;
 
-	// TODO: Re-check the documentation apropos socket name length
+	/* UNIX domain socket name lengths are limited to "sizeof(sun_path)", which
+	 * varies from one system to another. A partial solution would be to call
+	 * "chdir" to trim out the directory part of the socket name and use a
+	 * relative path, but the file part of the socket could still be too large
+	 * for sockaddr_un.
+	 *
+	 * It's easier to check the socket length and simply reject names that would
+	 * overflow the buffer.
+	 */
 	if (strlen(socketname) > sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1) {
-		fputs("Failed to create socket: filename too long\n", stderr);
+		fputs("Cannot create or open socket: Filename too long\n", stderr);
 		return -1;
 	}