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Mention reload and SIGHUP when editing the ACL policy file
Fixes: #2284
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@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ tags to a server they can register, the check of the tags is done on headscale
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server and only valid tags are applied. A tag is valid if the user that is
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registering it is allowed to do it.
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To use ACLs in headscale, you must edit your `config.yaml` file. In there you will find a `policy.path` parameter. This will need to point to your ACL file. More info on how these policies are written can be found [here](https://tailscale.com/kb/1018/acls/).
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To use ACLs in headscale, you must edit your `config.yaml` file. In there you will find a `policy.path` parameter. This
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will need to point to your ACL file. More info on how these policies are written can be found
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[here](https://tailscale.com/kb/1018/acls/).
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Please reload or restart Headscale after updating the ACL file. Headscale may be reloaded either via its systemd service
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(`sudo systemctl reload headscale`) or by sending a SIGHUP signal (`sudo kill -HUP $(pidof headscale)`) to the main
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process. Headscale logs the result of ACL policy processing after each reload.
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Here are the ACL's to implement the same permissions as above:
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