From 2a8ec2e599ff04fa8aea64bf6b97e7b93d0c4520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Garel <alex@garel.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:38:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: document permissions for syncoid

in case of sync snapshot
---
 docs/sanoid.md | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/sanoid.md b/docs/sanoid.md
index a1e64211..1693d3e3 100644
--- a/docs/sanoid.md
+++ b/docs/sanoid.md
@@ -157,13 +157,21 @@ chmod go-rwx -R /home/$OPERATOR/.ssh
 ```
 
 Adding needed permissions to pull zfs syncs
-```bash
-# choose the right dataset according to your needs
-zfs allow $OPERATOR hold,send zfs-hdd
-zfs allow $OPERATOR hold,send zfs-nvme
-zfs allow $OPERATOR hold,send rpool
 
-```
+1. if you use `--no-sync-snap`, you only use `hold,send`
+   ```bash
+   # choose the right dataset according to your needs
+   zfs allow $OPERATOR hold,send zfs-hdd
+   zfs allow $OPERATOR hold,send zfs-nvme
+   zfs allow $OPERATOR hold,send rpool
+   ```
+
+2. otherwise you'll need , you need `destroy,hold,mount,send,snapshot`
+   ```bash
+   # choose the right dataset according to your needs
+   zfs allow $OPERATOR destroy,hold,mount,send,snapshot rpool
+   ```
+
 #### test connection on BACKUP_SERVER
 
 On BACKUP_SERVER, test ssh connection:
@@ -191,4 +199,4 @@ Don't forget to create a sane retention policy (with `autosnap=no`) in sanoid on
 **Note:** because of the 6h timeout, if you have big datasets, you may want to do the first synchronization before enabling the service.
 
 **Important:** try to have a good hierarchy of datasets, and separate what's from the server and what's from other servers.
-Normally we put other servers backups in a off-backups dataset. It's important not to mix it with backups dataset which is for the server itself.
\ No newline at end of file
+Normally we put other servers backups in a off-backups dataset. It's important not to mix it with backups dataset which is for the server itself.