Apply a few common hardening options.

Section: Restart Policy, Types, Hardening

Basic sandboxing example

ini
ini
[Service]
NoNewPrivileges=yes
PrivateTmp=yes
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=yes
ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/myapp
Explanation

A starting point for service hardening.

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