From cb42efa3953c8e8e72be83591312c4081da4127e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cclohmar <claus.lohmar@lohmar.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 07:52:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20database=20ownership=20preserved=20durin?=
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- Backup now uses chown --reference to preserve original owner
- Found: rsync changed database ownership to root, blocking writes
---
 install.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1dae949..d4b8679 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ if [ "${1:-}" = "-update" ]; then
         sudo_if mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
         BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/expenses-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).db"
         sudo_if cp "$INSTALL_DIR/expenses.db" "$BACKUP_FILE"
+        # Restore ownership so the app user can still write to the database.
+        sudo_if chown --reference="$INSTALL_DIR/expenses.db" "$BACKUP_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true
         info "Database backed up to $BACKUP_FILE"
     fi