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doc: Clarify setcap applying only to current binary
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@ -338,6 +338,13 @@ attribute, interpret it and assign capabilities accordingly.
root@a3e580b6369d:/# setcap cap_dac_read_search=+ep ~restic/bin/restic root@a3e580b6369d:/# setcap cap_dac_read_search=+ep ~restic/bin/restic
.. important:: The capabilities of the ``setcap`` command only applies to this
specific copy of the restic binary. If you run ``restic self-update`` or
in any other way replace or update the binary, the capabilities you added
above will not be in effect for the new binary. To mitigate this, simply
run the ``setcap`` command again, to make sure that the new binary has the
same and intended capabilities.
From now on the user ``restic`` can run restic to backup the whole From now on the user ``restic`` can run restic to backup the whole
system. system.