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Given the introduction of anonymous ports

Cargo.lock

@@ -290,6 +290,27 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "56254986775e3233ffa9c4d7d3faaf6d36a2c09d30b20687e9f88bc8bafc16c8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories-next"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "339ee130d97a610ea5a5872d2bbb130fdf68884ff09d3028b81bec8a1ac23bbc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "dirs-sys-next",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys-next"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dlib"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -371,8 +392,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "copypasta",
  "crossterm",
+ "directories-next",
  "env_logger",
- "home",
  "indoc",
  "libc",
  "log",
@@ -386,7 +407,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "toml",
- "xdg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -450,15 +470,6 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "home"
-version = "0.5.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3d1354bf6b7235cb4a0576c2619fd4ed18183f689b12b006a0ee7329eeff9a5"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.60"
@@ -561,6 +572,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -890,6 +911,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd283d9651eeda4b2a83a43c1c91b266c40fd76ecd39a50a8c630ae69dc72891"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -1679,12 +1711,6 @@ version = "0.3.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ef33da6b1660b4ddbfb3aef0ade110c8b8a781a3b6382fa5f2b5b040fd55f61"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xdg"
-version = "2.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "213b7324336b53d2414b2db8537e56544d981803139155afa84f76eeebb7a546"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xkeysym"
 version = "0.2.1"

Cargo.toml

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 bytes = "1"
 copypasta = "0.10.1"
 crossterm = { version = "0.28.1", features = ["event-stream"] }
+directories-next = "2"
 env_logger = { version = "0.11.5", default-features = false }
-home = "0.5.4"
 indoc = "1"
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std"] }
 open = "3"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["io-std", "io-util", "macros", "net", "process", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "fs"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
 toml = "0.5"
-xdg = "2"
+
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = "1"

src/client/config.rs

@@ -62,13 +62,15 @@ impl Config {
 pub fn load_config() -> Result<Config> {
     use std::io::ErrorKind;
 
-    let mut home = match home::home_dir() {
-        Some(h) => h,
-        None => return Ok(default()),
+    let Some(directories) = directories_next::ProjectDirs::from("", "", "fwd")
+    else {
+        return Ok(default());
     };
-    home.push(".fwd");
 
-    let contents = match std::fs::read_to_string(home) {
+    let mut config_path = directories.config_dir().to_path_buf();
+    config_path.push("config.toml");
+
+    let contents = match std::fs::read_to_string(config_path) {
         Ok(contents) => contents,
         Err(e) => match e.kind() {
             ErrorKind::NotFound => return Ok(default()),

src/main.rs

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ to send the the contents of `file`.
 Options:
     --version    Print the version of fwd and exit
     --sudo, -s   Run the server side of fwd with `sudo`. This allows the
-                 client to forward ports that are open by processes being
-                 run under other accounts (e.g., docker containers being
-                 run as root), but requires sudo access on the server and
-                 *might* end up forwarding ports that you do not want
+                 client to identify the ports that are open by processes
+                 being run under other accounts (e.g., docker containers
+                 being run as root), but requires sudo access on the server
+                 and *might* end up forwarding ports that you do not want
                  forwarded (e.g., port 22 for sshd, or port 53 for systemd.)
     --log-filter FILTER
                  Set remote server's log level. Default is `warn`. Supports

src/reverse/unix.rs

@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ pub fn socket_path() -> Result<PathBuf> {
 }
 
 fn socket_directory() -> Result<std::path::PathBuf> {
-    let base_directories = xdg::BaseDirectories::new()
-        .context("Error creating BaseDirectories")?;
-    match base_directories.place_runtime_file("fwd") {
-        Ok(path) => Ok(path),
-        Err(_) => {
+    match directories_next::ProjectDirs::from("", "", "fwd")
+        .and_then(|p| p.runtime_dir().map(|p| p.to_path_buf()))
+    {
+        Some(p) => Ok(p),
+        None => {
             let mut path = std::env::temp_dir();
             let uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
             path.push(format!("fwd{}", uid));