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| author | Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de> | 2020-12-13 15:19:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de> | 2020-12-13 15:19:04 +0100 |
| commit | c8d2b19c85ab473f67a8450f01eaeab13beaa392 (patch) | |
| tree | 76fc26c67b79a6aa0edacbf20aa152560d1a17c0 | |
| parent | 3c4a9c118844b8d436b1bdb2ece3cd6671371838 (diff) | |
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[doc] document why to use sudoer to run intsallation scripts
related to:
- https://gist.github.com/dalf/60450e19b042bd39b9ce470c095d89b3#gistcomment-3263827
- https://github.com/searx/searx/issues/2013#issuecomment-647132313
- https://github.com/searx/searx/issues/2017#issuecomment-647700327
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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diff --git a/docs/admin/installation.rst b/docs/admin/installation.rst index 2e5e4821b..ccf24b4d6 100644 --- a/docs/admin/installation.rst +++ b/docs/admin/installation.rst @@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ The following will install a setup as shown in :ref:`architecture`. First you need to get a clone. The clone is only needed for the installation procedure and some maintenance tasks (alternatively you can create your own fork). +For the installation procedure, use a *sudoer* login to run the scripts. If you +install from ``root``, take into account that the scripts are creating a +``searx``, a ``filtron`` and a ``morty`` user. In the installation procedure +these new created users do need read access to the clone of searx, which is not +the case if you clone into a folder below ``/root``. + + .. code:: bash $ cd ~/Downloads |