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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions docs/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md
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Expand Up @@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ chown root:git /etc/gitea
chmod 770 /etc/gitea
```

**NOTE:** `/etc/gitea` is temporarily set with write permissions for user `git` so that the web installer can write the configuration file. After the installation is finished, it is recommended to set permissions to read-only using:

```sh
chmod 750 /etc/gitea
chmod 640 /etc/gitea/app.ini
```
> **NOTE:** `/etc/gitea` is temporarily set with write permissions for user `git` so that the web installer can write the configuration file. After the installation is finished, it is recommended to set permissions to read-only using:
>
> ```sh
> chmod 750 /etc/gitea
> chmod 640 /etc/gitea/app.ini
> ```

If you don't want the web installer to be able to write to the config file, it is possible to make the config file read-only for the Gitea user (owner/group `root:git`, mode `0640`) however you will need to edit your config file manually to:

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