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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2021-12-01 06:15:04 +0000
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ will install the content into `/opt/netdata`, making future removal safe and sim
When Netdata is first installed, it will run as _root_. This may or may not be acceptable for you, and since other
installations run it as the `netdata` user, you might wish to do the same. This requires some extra work:
-1. Creat a group `netdata` via the Synology group interface. Give it no access to anything.
+1. Create a group `netdata` via the Synology group interface. Give it no access to anything.
2. Create a user `netdata` via the Synology user interface. Give it no access to anything and a random password. Assign
the user to the `netdata` group. Netdata will chuid to this user when running.
3. Change ownership of the following directories, as defined in [Netdata
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ chown -R netdata:netdata /opt/netdata/var/lib/netdata /opt/netdata/var/cache/net
chown -R netdata:root /opt/netdata/var/log/netdata
```
+4. Uncomment and set `web files owner` to `root`, and `web files group` to `netdata` in
+ the `/opt/netdata/etc/netdata/netdata.conf`.
+5. Restart Netdata
+
+```sh
+/etc/rc.netdata restart
+```
+
## Create startup script
Additionally, as of 2018/06/24, the Netdata installer doesn't recognize DSM as an operating system, so no init script is