<p>yeah, the problem seems to be that Geany is checking the ownership of the <a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/blob/df05fc87120141da8e9fc5b67ac10dd550891e04/src/socket.c#L229">link</a>, not the socket.  Since the link is there to allow for just your setup, having the configuration directory on a foreign filesystem that may not support sockets, the validity of its permissions and users should not be relied on either.</p>
<p>Should only need to change the line linked above to g_stat().</p>

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