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docs: Mention systemd's ReadWritePaths setting for the backup dir #1447

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norm commented 2026-02-24 06:50:45 +00:00
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The systemd unit file uses ProtectSystem=strict, which makes almost
every directory read-only. This can cause backups to not work, even if
the directory is granted the correct permissions and ownership to the
conduwuit user.

The ReadWritePaths setting lets you specify which directories are
exempt from being made read-only by ProtectSystem=strict.

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The systemd unit file uses `ProtectSystem=strict`, which makes almost every directory read-only. This can cause backups to not work, even if the directory is granted the correct permissions and ownership to the `conduwuit` user. The `ReadWritePaths` setting lets you specify which directories are exempt from being made read-only by `ProtectSystem=strict`. <!-- In order to help reviewers know what your pull request does at a glance, you should ensure that 1. Your PR title is a short, single sentence describing what you changed 2. You have described in more detail what you have changed, why you have changed it, what the intended effect is, and why you think this will be beneficial to the project. 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the conduwuit-example.toml file is auto generated on build, so this will get overwritten whenever someone next compiles. Instead what you need to do is edit src/core/config/mod.rs and append this to the docstring for database_backup_path, and then run cargo build to re-generate the example config file.

the `conduwuit-example.toml` file is auto generated on build, so this will get overwritten whenever someone next compiles. Instead what you need to do is edit `src/core/config/mod.rs` and append this to the docstring for `database_backup_path`, and then run `cargo build` to re-generate the example config file.
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Ok, I've edited src/core/config/mod.rs and ran cargo build to regenerate the example config.

Ok, I've edited `src/core/config/mod.rs` and ran `cargo build` to regenerate the example config.
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