Add a local unix socket for root on the server

jarld also listens on /run/jarl/jarl.sock (socket in jarl.yaml). Requests
on it from root or jarld's own user need no token and act as an
administrator; the kernel's SO_PEERCRED says who is connecting, and
anyone else must send a token. The jarl CLI uses the socket when no server
is configured, or with -s local, so 'sudo jarl status' works on the server
with nothing set up and a lost token or password never locks root out.
Changes are audited under the system user's name via "socket".

The systemd unit creates /run/jarl (0750). Socket paths over 107 bytes
are refused with a clear message. The docs explain the socket and what
happens when a token is revoked.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ func narrower(a, b []model.Grant) bool {
}
func (s *Server) createOwnToken(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p *auth.Principal) error {
if p.User.ID == 0 {
return badRequest("%s on the local socket isn't a Jarl user and has no tokens; create the token for a user (jarl token create NAME --user admin)", p.Name())
}
return s.createTokenFor(w, r, p, p.User)
}