Don't give git sudo rights

Jacob Vosmaer
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README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ unicorn[&#39;port&#39;] = 3456
 For Nginx port changes please see the section on enabling HTTPS below.
+#### Reconfigure fails to create the git user
+
+This can happen if you run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` as the git user.
+Switch to another user.
+
+More importantly: do not give sudo rights to the git user or to any of the
+other users used by omnibus-gitlab. Bestowing unnecessary privileges on a
+system user weakens the security of your system.
+
 ### Uninstalling omnibus-gitlab
 To uninstall omnibus-gitlab, preserving your data (repositories, database, configuration), run the following commands.
	@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ unicorn['port'] = 3456		@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ unicorn['port'] = 3456
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65	For Nginx port changes please see the section on enabling HTTPS below.	65	For Nginx port changes please see the section on enabling HTTPS below.
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		67	+#### Reconfigure fails to create the git user
		68	+
		69	+This can happen if you run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` as the git user.
		70	+Switch to another user.
		71	+
		72	+More importantly: do not give sudo rights to the git user or to any of the
		73	+other users used by omnibus-gitlab. Bestowing unnecessary privileges on a
		74	+system user weakens the security of your system.
		75	+
67	### Uninstalling omnibus-gitlab	76	### Uninstalling omnibus-gitlab
68		77
69	To uninstall omnibus-gitlab, preserving your data (repositories, database, configuration), run the following commands.	78	To uninstall omnibus-gitlab, preserving your data (repositories, database, configuration), run the following commands.