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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?????

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[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They have split the doc for installation (i.e. procure binaries) and running as a service. Providing you can do the first, it is the latter linked part that tells you how to set up Radicale.