On Sunday, October 8, 2017 10:15:13 AM CDT Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2017, Anthony Joseph Messina wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 7, 2017 4:18:48 AM CDT Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >   (probably OT: more a systemd question than a fedora question, but
> > > 
> > > i'm sure the experts will clear this up in short order.)
> > > 
> > >   wanted to experiment with the git daemon so, on my fully-updated F26
> > > 
> > > system, installed git-daemon package, whose contents are simply:
> > > 
> > > $ rpm -ql git-daemon
> > > /usr/lib/systemd/system/git.socket
> > > /usr/lib/systemd/system/git@.service
> > > /usr/libexec/git-core/git-daemon
> > > /usr/share/doc/git/git-daemon.html
> > > /usr/share/doc/git/git-daemon.txt
> > > /usr/share/man/man1/git-daemon.1.gz
> > > /var/lib/git
> > > $
> > > 
> > >   i enabled the socket component easily enough with:
> > > $ sudo systemctl enable git.socket
> > > [sudo] password for rpjday:
> > > Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/git.socket →
> > > /usr/lib/systemd/system/git.socket.
> > > $
> > > 
> > > and started it as well, but i'm not sure how to start the git
> > > daemon itself since, as i understand it, the presence of the "@"
> > > in the service name typically means there can be multiple
> > > instances of them running (eg., getty@.service), but i have no
> > > interest in multiple invocations (and am not even sure why that
> > > would be a good thing).
> > > 
> > >   cut to the chase -- what's the proper way to start the git
> > > 
> > > daemon on F26? put another way, what am i hopelessly
> > > misunderstanding here?
> > 
> > The git-daemon service should be started "on-demand" when something
> > connects to the socket.  -A
> 
>   ah, that makes sense ... so all i need to do is enable and start the
> socket, and i'm in business, correct?
> 
> rday

Yes.  See `man systemd.socket`.  There's all kinds of things you can do with 
socket activation.

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