From 5953736ddbb48578b62332a3b7c35dbfd5631c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cclohmar <claus.lohmar@lohmar.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:58:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(installer): chown authelia dir AFTER users_database.yml
 is written

---
 install.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 17a870b..7953410 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ $(echo "$OIDC_KEY" | sed 's/^/          /')
         userinfo_signed_response_alg: "none"
 AUTHEOF
 $SUDO chmod 600 "$AUTHELIA_CONFIG"
-$SUDO chown -R "$SVC_USER:$SVC_USER" "$AUTHELIA_DIR"
 # Clean up files from Authelia tar
 $SUDO rm -f "${AUTHELIA_DIR}/authelia.service" "${AUTHELIA_DIR}/config.template.yml" 2>/dev/null || true
 
@@ -406,6 +405,9 @@ USERSDB
     $SUDO chmod 600 "${AUTHELIA_DIR}/users_database.yml"
 fi
 
+# Ensure everything is owned by the service user
+$SUDO chown -R "$SVC_USER:$SVC_USER" "$AUTHELIA_DIR"
+
 # Create systemd service for Authelia
 $SUDO tee /etc/systemd/system/authelia.service > /dev/null << AUTHSVC
 [Unit]