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docs: document permissions for syncoid (#432)
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in case of sync snapshot
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alexgarel authored Oct 29, 2024
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```

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:
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**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.
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.

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