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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txtindex f8b0f5c..29dabda 100644--- a/README.txt+++ b/README.txt@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ and each script's header lists the exact install commands for its own. On Lua 5.5 the auth and email filters need luaossl 20260910 or later, since earlier builds fail to load there. +The auth filters create the secret that signs their cookies on first use, as+/var/lib/cgit/auth-secret, but not its directory. Make that by hand, owned by+the account the web server runs cgit as, with mode 0700.+  Urls and query parameters -------------------------
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index f8b0f5c..29dabda 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ and each script's header lists the exact install commands for its own.
 On Lua 5.5 the auth and email filters need luaossl 20260910 or later, since
 earlier builds fail to load there.
 
+The auth filters create the secret that signs their cookies on first use, as
+/var/lib/cgit/auth-secret, but not its directory. Make that by hand, owned by
+the account the web server runs cgit as, with mode 0700.
+
 
 Urls and query parameters
 -------------------------