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Use Systemd override file instead of editing "/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.socket" directly

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Signed-off-by: EyBmY <fabian1990@e-mail.de>
Co-authored-by: RD WebDesign <github@rdwebdesign.com.br>
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By default, `FTLDNS` listens on the standard DNS port 53.
To avoid conflicts with `FTLDNS`, edit `/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.socket`, ensuring `dnscrypt-proxy` listens on a port that is not in use by other services.
To avoid conflicts with `FTLDNS`, add a systemd override file with `sudo systemctl edit dnscrypt-proxy.socket`, ensuring `dnscrypt-proxy` listens on a port that is not in use by other services.
The following settings in `/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.socket`, let `dnscrypt-proxy` listen on localhost on port 5053:
You will be greeted with an empty override file:
```text
### Editing /etc/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.socket.d/override.conf
### Anything between here and the comment below will become the contents of the drop-in file
### Edits below this comment will be discarded
```
In the new systemd override file, unset the old values first and let `dnscrypt-proxy` listen on localhost on port 5053:
```text
### Editing /etc/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.socket.d/override.conf
### Anything between here and the comment below will become the contents of the drop-in file
[Socket]
ListenStream=
ListenDatagram=
ListenStream=127.0.0.1:5053
ListenDatagram=127.0.0.1:5053
### Edits below this comment will be discarded
```
If you have `cloudflared` installed, you may uninstall it, as `dnscrypt-proxy` will replace it, or choose a unique port for `dnscrypt-proxy`.