Systemd requires the directories to be created before

This reverts commit b2c1c1c.

resources/pdns_recursor_config.rb

@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@
     action :create
   end
 
+  directory new_resource.socket_dir do
+    owner new_resource.run_user
+    group new_resource.run_group
+    # When using service_manager the 'socket-dir' has to be writable for the 'set-gid'
+    # in order to start the service:
+    # Issue: https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/4826
+    mode '0775'
+    recursive true
+    action :create
+  end
+
   template "#{new_resource.config_dir}/recursor-#{new_resource.instance_name}.conf" do
     source new_resource.source
     cookbook new_resource.cookbook

templates/default/recursor.init.debian.erb

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ CONFIG_DIR=<%= @config_dir %>
 # or fall back to the default /var/run if not specified there.
 PIDDIR=$(awk -F= '/^socket-dir=/ {print $2}' $CONFIG_FILE)
 if [ -z "$PIDDIR" ]; then PIDDIR=/var/run; fi
-# The binary "pdns_recursor" handles its own pidfile according the following
-# schema: pdns_recursor-<VIRTUAL_INSTANCE_NAME>
-PIDFILE="${PIDDIR}/pdns_recursor-${INSTANCE_NAME}.pid"
+  # The binary "pdns_recursor" handles its own pidfile according the following
+  # schema: pdns_recursor-<VIRTUAL_INSTANCE_NAME>
+  PIDFILE="${PIDDIR}/pdns_recursor-${INSTANCE_NAME}.pid"
 
 # Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
 test -x $DAEMON || exit 0