#1146090 valkey-server: fails to start with unixsocket option enabled

Package:
valkey-server
Source:
valkey-server
Description:
Persistent key-value database with network interface
Submitter:
Telinc1
Date:
2026-08-29 16:59:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1146090#5
Date:
2026-08-29 16:58:08 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

With the unixsocket option enabled in valkey.conf, valkey-server will fail
to start.
The only obvious error is valkey-server.service: Failed with result
'signal'.

Caused by the SystemCallFilter setting denying chown.

Investigation and more details here:
https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/3457
Specifically:
https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/3457#issuecomment-4253756718