Mention that lifeboat adds $HOME/bin to its $PATHHEADmaster

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diff --git a/lifeboat.1 b/lifeboat.1
index 5d76ea1..d821f11 100644
--- a/lifeboat.1
+++ b/lifeboat.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd April 30, 2021
+.Dd October 11, 2024
 .Dt LIFEBOAT 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ As per upstream recommendation this is the restic binary with the
 capability set.
 This allows restic to access any file on the system without
 needing root permissions.
+.Pp
+We recommend running
+.Nm lifeboat
+under its own user account, with only that user account having access
+to the
+.Em restic-priv
+binary.
+To facilitate this,
+.Nm lifeboat
+extends
+.Ev PATH
+with the
+.Pa bin/
+directory under
+.Ev HOME .
+.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Nm
 will export the following environment variables for use in the