docs: non root user with systemd (#269)

* doc: remove 'DynamicUser=yes', so the service can read config file with permission 600

* doc: add example for non-root systemd service

* fix(doc): should be 'app2.toml'
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The directory lists some systemd unit files for example, which can be used to run `rathole` as a service on Linux.
[The `@` symbol in name of unit files](https://superuser.com/questions/393423/the-symbol-and-systemctl-and-vsftpd) such as
[The `@` symbol in the name of unit files](https://superuser.com/questions/393423/the-symbol-and-systemctl-and-vsftpd) such as
`rathole@.service` facilitates the management of multiple instances of `rathole`.
For the naming of the example, `ratholes` stands for `rathole --server`, and `ratholec` stands for `rathole --client`, `rathole` is just `rathole`.
Assuming that `rathole` is installed in `/usr/bin/rathole`, and the configuration file is in `/etc/rathole/app1.toml`, the following steps shows how to run an instance of `rathole --server`.
For security, it is suggested to store configuration files with permission `600`, that is, only the owner can read the file, preventing arbitrary users on the system from accessing the secret tokens.
### With root privilege
Assuming that `rathole` is installed in `/usr/bin/rathole`, and the configuration file is in `/etc/rathole/app1.toml`, the following steps show how to run an instance of `rathole --server` with root.
1. Create a service file.
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# And create the configuration file named `app1.toml` inside /etc/rathole
```
3. Enable and start the service
3. Enable and start the service.
```bash
sudo systemctl daemon-reload # Make sure systemd find the new unit
sudo systemctl enable ratholes@app1 --now
```
And if there's another configuration named `app2.toml` in `/etc/rathole`, then
`sudo systemctl enable ratholes@app2 --now` can start an instance for that configuration.
### Without root privilege
The same applies to `rathole --client` and `rathole`.
Assuming that `rathole` is installed in `~/.local/bin/rathole`, and the configuration file is in `~/.local/etc/rathole/app1.toml`, the following steps show how to run an instance of `rathole --server` without root.
1. Edit the example service file as...
```txt
# with root
# ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -s /etc/rathole/%i.toml
# without root
ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole -s %h/.local/etc/rathole/%i.toml
```
2. Create a service file.
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
cp ratholes@.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
```
3. Create the configuration file `app1.toml`.
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.local/etc/rathole
# And create the configuration file named `app1.toml` inside ~/.local/etc/rathole
```
4. Enable and start the service.
```bash
systemctl --user daemon-reload # Make sure systemd find the new unit
systemctl --user enable ratholes@app1 --now
```
### Run multiple services
To run multiple services at once, simply add another configuration, say `app2.toml` under `/etc/rathole` (`~/.local/etc/rathole` for non-root), then run `sudo systemctl enable ratholes@app2 --now` (`systemctl --user enable ratholes@app2 --now` for non-root) to start an instance for that configuration.
The same applies to `ratholec@.service` for `rathole --client` and `rathole@.service` for `rathole`.

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[Service]
Type=simple
DynamicUser=yes
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole /etc/rathole/%i.toml
LimitNOFILE=1048576
# with root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole /etc/rathole/%i.toml
# without root
# ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole %h/.local/etc/rathole/%i.toml
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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[Service]
Type=simple
DynamicUser=yes
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -c /etc/rathole/rathole.toml
LimitNOFILE=1048576
# with root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -c /etc/rathole/rathole.toml
# without root
# ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole -c %h/.local/etc/rathole/rathole.toml
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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[Service]
Type=simple
DynamicUser=yes
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -c /etc/rathole/%i.toml
LimitNOFILE=1048576
# with root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -c /etc/rathole/%i.toml
# without root
# ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole -c %h/.local/etc/rathole/%i.toml
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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[Service]
Type=simple
DynamicUser=yes
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -s /etc/rathole/rathole.toml
LimitNOFILE=1048576
# with root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -s /etc/rathole/rathole.toml
# without root
# ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole -s %h/.local/etc/rathole/rathole.toml
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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[Service]
Type=simple
DynamicUser=yes
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -s /etc/rathole/%i.toml
LimitNOFILE=1048576
# with root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -s /etc/rathole/%i.toml
# without root
# ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole -s %h/.local/etc/rathole/%i.toml
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target