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manual: nginx: Mention ProtectHome in release notes. See #85567
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@ -879,12 +879,23 @@ php.override {
<listitem>
<para>
Nginx web server now starting with additional sandbox/hardening options. By default, write access
to <literal>services.nginx.stateDir</literal> is allowed. To allow writing to other folders,
to <literal>/var/log/nginx</literal> and <literal>/var/cache/nginx</literal> is allowed. To allow writing to other folders,
use <literal>systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig.ReadWritePaths</literal>
<programlisting>
systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig.ReadWritePaths = [ "/var/www" ];
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Nginx is also started with the systemd option <literal>ProtectHome = mkDefault true;</literal>
which forbids it to read anything from <literal>/home</literal>, <literal>/root</literal>
and <literal>/run/user</literal> (see
<link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#ProtectHome=">ProtectHome docs</link>
for details).
If you require serving files from home directories, you may choose to set e.g.
<programlisting>
systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig.ProtectHome = "read-only";
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>