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docs: add detail to NOpfs instructions in content-blocking.md
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bumblefudge authored Dec 14, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ Place a `*.deny` file in one of directories:
- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ipfs/denylists/` (`$HOME/.config/ipfs/denylists/` if `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is not set)
- `/etc/ipfs/denylists/` (global)

Files need to be present before starting the `ipfs daemon` in order to be watched for updates.
Files need to be present before starting the `ipfs daemon` in order to be watched for any new updates
appended once started. Any other changes (such as removal of entries, prepending of entries, or
insertion of new entries before the EOF at time of daemon starting) will not be detected or processed
after boot; a restart of the daemon will be required for them to be factored in.

If a new denylist file is added, `ipfs daemon` needs to be restarted.
If an entire new denylist file is added, `ipfs daemon` also needs to be restarted to track it.

CLI and Gateway users will receive errors in response to request impacted by a blocklist:

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