Radicale v3 Documentation
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Free and Open-Source CalDAV and CardDAV Server

So I am following the Radicale docs.

And the first method is this:

as normal user Recommended only for testing

Okay, I’m not testing, so I move onto the next one:

as system user (or as root) Alternatively, you can install and run as system user or as root (not recommended):

Okay, so this method is not recommended…

And there aren’t anymore.

So what’s the recommended method for non-testing environments???

  • truthfultemporarily@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Everything should run under their own user when possible. This software is not using a privileged port (< 1000) so it doesn’t need root.

    The docs seem a bit lazy if that is not recommended, possibly it will try to access some files it does not have access to.

      • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        You make a new normal, non-root user specifically to run Radicale processes. The user should have write access only to Radicale’s directories, nothing else.

        Same deal with Apache and the www-data user.