From: Alexander Fisher <alex@linfratech.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:07:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Docs: Add note about only needing ro db access
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Docs: Add note about only needing ro db access
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diff --git a/docs/modes-of-operation.rst b/docs/modes-of-operation.rst
index 5e24b13b96..71b2e29b62 100644
--- a/docs/modes-of-operation.rst
+++ b/docs/modes-of-operation.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ PowerDNS users employ Oracle replication which also works very well.
 To use native replication, configure your backend storage to do the
 replication and do not configure PowerDNS to do so.
 
+Typically, a database slave will be configured as read-only as
+uni-directional database replication is usually sufficient. A PowerDNS
+server only requires database write access if it is participating as a
+master or slave in zone transfers, or has a frontend attached for
+managing records etc.
+
 .. _master-operation:
 
 Master operation