diff -r 1539711d8657 -r 5e5d4c937739 vcs-backup.sh
--- a/vcs-backup.sh	Fri Apr 19 18:56:46 2019 +0200
+++ b/vcs-backup.sh	Fri Apr 19 23:25:19 2019 +0200
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 VCS_BACKUP_CONFIG_DIR="$VCS_BACKUP_DATA_DIR/config";
 VCS_BACKUP_SNAPSHOT_DIR="$VCS_BACKUP_DATA_DIR/snapshot";
 VCS_BACKUP_SUBVOLUME_SOCKET="/run/vcs-backup-subvolume";
-VCS_BACKUP_CLONE_SOCKET="/run/vcs-backup-clone";
+VCS_BACKUP_CLONE_SOCKET="/run/vcs-backup-clone/socket";
 VCS_BACKUP_CLONE_CALLBACK_SOCKET="clone-callback";
 VCS_BACKUP_USER="vcs-backup";
 VCS_BACKUP_MANAGER="vcs-backup-manager";
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 mkdir "$VCS_BACKUP_CURRENT_DIR";
 mkdir "$VCS_BACKUP_CONFIG_DIR";
 mkdir "$VCS_BACKUP_SNAPSHOT_DIR";
+mkdir "$(dirname VCS_BACKUP_CLONE_SOCKET)"
 
+chown "${VCS_BACKUP_USER}:${VCS_BACKUP_USER}" "$(dirname VCS_BACKUP_CLONE_SOCKET)"
 chown "${VCS_BACKUP_USER}:${VCS_BACKUP_USER}" "$VCS_BACKUP_CURRENT_DIR"
 chown "${VCS_BACKUP_MANAGER}:${VCS_BACKUP_MANAGER}" "$VCS_BACKUP_CONFIG_DIR"
 }
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@
 
 # Environment: all
 # $1 = path to the config file
-loadConfigFile() { if [ -f "$1" ]; then . "$1"; else echo "Missing config file: $1" >&2; exit 1; fi }
+loadConfigFile() { if [ -f "$1" ]; then . "$1"; fi }
 
 # Environment: server
 # $1 = URL
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
 }
 
 # Environment: server
+# User: $VCS_BACKUP_MANAGER
 # has same parameters as clientSubmitBackupRequest (see above)
 vcs_backup_public_serverSubmitBackupRequest() {
 	if isValidTypeAndURL "$1" "$2"; then
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@
 }
 
 # Environment: server
+# User: root
 # Should be started as a systemd/init service.
 # - reads messages from from the subvolume socket – message contains the relative directory path
 # - creates a subvolume for given repository + necesary parent directories
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@
 }
 
 # Environment: server
+# User: $VCS_BACKUP_USER
 # should be started as a systemd/init service
 vcs_backup_public_serverStartCloneService() {
 	socat -u "unix-recv:${VCS_BACKUP_CLONE_SOCKET},mode=700" - | while read d; do