The init script for unrealircd creates its PID file directory with, if ! [ -d "${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILEDIR}" ]; then ebegin "Creating ${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILEDIR} for ${SVCNAME}" mkdir "${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILEDIR}" \ && chown :unrealircd "${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILEDIR}" \ && chmod 770 "${UNREALIRCD_PIDFILEDIR}" A single unconditional call to "checkpath" from OpenRC (man openrc-run) would be better. It's more portable, being part of OpenRC, and more secure: chown and chmod affect the *target* of symlinks, so if root:root ever loses full control of that path, then the unrealircd user could trick root (via the init script) into giving him ownership of any file on the system.
Obsoleted by bug 628434.
