From b194287cd5bd645fb533441e275b4887df92d5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:09:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gitea: make gitea own its home dir instead of toggling group
 perms (#16830)

---
 install/gitea-install.sh | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/gitea-install.sh b/install/gitea-install.sh
index 3e37a9cc2..0161690cf 100644
--- a/install/gitea-install.sh
+++ b/install/gitea-install.sh
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ setup_deb_based() {
   mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,log}
   chown -R gitea:gitea /var/lib/gitea/
   chmod -R 750 /var/lib/gitea/
-  chown root:gitea /etc/gitea
-  chmod 770 /etc/gitea
-  sudo -u gitea ln -s /var/lib/gitea/data/.ssh/ /etc/gitea/.ssh
+  chown gitea:gitea /etc/gitea
   chmod 750 /etc/gitea
+  sudo -u gitea ln -s /var/lib/gitea/data/.ssh/ /etc/gitea/.ssh
   msg_ok "Configured Gitea"
 
   msg_info "Creating Service"