From b5f3cd44e8700e86b298648d2b9fe78963174585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrey Bienkowski Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:29:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: ~/.config/borg/keys is not used w/ repokey (#6185) docs: ~/.config/borg/keys is not used for repokey keys, fixes #6107 Thanks to ThomasWaldmann for suggesting this https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/pull/6185#discussion_r793995379 --- docs/faq.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 92083587a..2eba05678 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ The Borg config directory has content that you should take care of: recovered. ``keys`` subdirectory - In this directory all your repository keyfiles are stored. You MUST make sure to have an + All your borg keyfile keys are stored in this directory. Please note that + borg repokey keys are stored inside the repository. You MUST make sure to have an independent backup of these keyfiles, otherwise you cannot access your backups anymore if you lose them. You also MUST keep these files secret; everyone who gains access to your repository and has the corresponding keyfile (and the key passphrase) can extract it.