Add kill capability to systemd service file #85
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As mentioned in this issue, the ExecReload command calls kills on a process owned by the unbound user (or whatever user is configured). To do so, it needs the CAP_KILL capability. I think adding this capability to the systemd unit makes sense, since it's using
kill
right there in the unit file. Additionally, since the process does not run asroot
, the extra capability will be dropped by the main process after start up