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So I am following the Radicale docs.

And the first method is this:

as normal user Recommended only for testing

Okay, I'm not testing, so I move onto the next one:

as system user (or as root) Alternatively, you can install and run as system user or as root (not recommended):

Okay, so this method is not recommended...

And there aren't anymore.

So what's the recommended method for non-testing environments?????

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Recommended method is run the service as non-root and non-reserved (over 1000). The radicale documents aren't the best, but CalDAV and CarDAV aren't the simplest standards to implement, nor do any of the big (ms, gmail) follow the "correct spec" correctly anyway.

For example, you have to manipulate an address book exported from Google before it can be imported into Radicale.

I don't blame the dev, though. They are pretty much a one-man show and although radicale is a connector service you don't interact with much, it's crazy complicated.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there anything that's better that you recommend?

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No, not really.

I also had some issue figuring out how radicale works, bit now that I do have it setup, it "just works" and it does the job well.