From 4832b283bb7aced734274136db0fbb8fb146f392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ducoterra <git@ducoterra.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:15:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update podman rootless gitea docs

---
 active/podman_gitea/gitea.md | 29 ++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/active/podman_gitea/gitea.md b/active/podman_gitea/gitea.md
index 0dd8aee..03aa67e 100644
--- a/active/podman_gitea/gitea.md
+++ b/active/podman_gitea/gitea.md
@@ -44,22 +44,13 @@
 
 ```bash
 useradd gitea
-
-su - gitea
-ssh-keygen
-exit
-cp ~/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/gitea/.ssh/authorized_keys
-chown gitea:gitea /home/gitea/.ssh/authorized_keys
 loginctl enable-linger $(id -u gitea)
-```
-
-SSH into the server as gitea
-
-```bash
-systemctl --user enable podman-restart
-systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket
-mkdir -p ~/.config/containers/systemd
+systemctl --user --machine=gitea@.host enable podman-restart
+systemctl --user --machine=gitea@.host enable --now podman.socket
+su -l gitea
+mkdir -p .config/containers/systemd
 mkdir data config postgres
+exit
 ```
 
 ### Convert Compose to Quadlet
@@ -94,17 +85,21 @@ podman unshare
 
 # Create the volumes
 mkdir gitea_data
+chown -R 1000:1000 gitea_data
 mkdir gitea_etc
+chown -R 1000:1000 gitea_etc
 exit
 ```
 
 Now launch the service. The first user you register will be the admin.
 
 ```bash
-ssh gitea systemctl --user daemon-reload
-ssh gitea systemctl --user restart gitea postgres
+# Create a systemctl viable shell
+machinectl shell gitea@
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user restart gitea postgres
 # Enables auto-update service which will pull new container images automatically every day
-ssh gitea systemctl --user enable --now podman-auto-update.timer
+systemctl --user enable --now podman-auto-update.timer
 ```
 
 ### Upgrade Quadlets