Date: Saturday, August 5, 2017 @ 18:00:34 Author: demize Revision: 248794
urhm, fix that.. Modified: matrix-synapse/trunk/synapse.install -----------------+ synapse.install | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Modified: synapse.install =================================================================== --- synapse.install 2017-08-05 17:55:52 UTC (rev 248793) +++ synapse.install 2017-08-05 18:00:34 UTC (rev 248794) @@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ post_install() { if [[ ! -e /etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml ]]; then cat <<-EOF - ==> A synapse configuration file needs to be generated before you can start - synapse. The following commands needs to be run as the synapse user. + ==> A synapse configuration file needs to be generated before you can + start synapse, and you should make sure that it's readable by the + synapse user. cd /var/lib/synapse - python2 -m synapse.app.homeserver \\ + sudo -u synapse python2 -m synapse.app.homeserver \\ --server-name my.domain.name \\ --config-path /etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml \\ --generate-config \\