Updated docs with instructions for init script

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diff --git a/docs/Start automatically on boot.md b/docs/Start automatically on boot.md
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--- a/docs/Start automatically on boot.md
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Copy the sample init script into ```/etc/init.d/``` and make it executable.
 
 **Important:** The init script assumes that you have ```Git-Auto-Deploy``` installed in ```/opt/Git-Auto-Deploy/``` and that the ```pidfilepath``` config option is set to ```/var/run/git-auto-deploy.pid```. If this is not the case, edit the ```git-auto-deploy``` init script and modify ```DAEMON```, ```PWD``` and ```PIDFILE```.
 
+**Important:** The init script will run GAD as the ```root``` user by default, which is convenient but not recommended. The most secure way to run GAD is to set up a separate user and modify the init script to run GAD as that user. When running GAD as a user other than root, you will need to make sure that the correct permissions are set on all directories and files that GAD requires access to (such as the path specified in the variable PIDFILE and LOGFIE in the init script).
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+ that you have ```Git-Auto-Deploy``` installed in ```/opt/Git-Auto-Deploy/``` and that the ```pidfilepath``` config option is set to ```/var/run/git-auto-deploy.pid```. If this is not the case, edit the ```git-auto-deploy``` init script and modify ```DAEMON```, ```PWD``` and ```PIDFILE```.
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 Now you need to add the correct symbolic link to your specific runlevel dir to get the script executed on each start up. On Debian_Sys-V just do;
 
     update-rc.d git-auto-deploy defaults