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add restore considerations paragraph

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Stephan Herbers 2024-02-22 11:56:28 +01:00
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docs/deployment/non-root-user.rst
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@ -49,3 +49,18 @@ A very basic unit file would look like this:
The ``CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH`` capability gives borg read-only access to all files and directories on the system.
This service can then be started manually using ``systemctl start``, a systemd timer or other methods.
Restore considerations
======================
When restoring files, the root user should be used. When using the non-root user, borg extract will
change all files to be owned by the non-root user. Using borg mount will not allow the non-root user
to access files that it would not have access to on the system itself.
Other than that, the same restore process, that would be used when running the backup as root, can be used.
.. warning::
When using a local repo and running borg commands as root, make sure to only use commands that do not
modify the repo itself, like extract or mount. Modifying the repo using the root user will break
the repo for the non-root user, since some files inside the repo will now be owned by root.