From 6a138aeb6e205f1a56f718f96c994f7dbbde240a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 13:14:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Move root vs. non-root instructions. --- docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md b/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md index 31f20c816..c83d6ea03 100644 --- a/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md +++ b/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ title: How to set up backups with borgmatic --- ## Installation +Many users need to backup system files that require privileged access, so +these instructions install and run borgmatic as root. If you don't need to +backup such files, then you are welcome to install and run borgmatic as a +non-root user. + First, [install Borg](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html), at least version 1.1. @@ -27,13 +32,6 @@ export PATH="$PATH:~/.local/bin" Note that your pip binary may have a different name than "pip3". Make sure you're using Python 3, as borgmatic does not support Python 2. -### root versus non-root - -These instructions install and run borgmatic as root, because many users want -to backup system files that require privileged access. Therefore borgmatic -needs to run as root to read them. But if you don't need to backup such files, -then you are welcome to install and run borgmatic as a non-root user. - ### Other ways to install Along with the above process, you have several other options for installing