docs(docker): run as root under host networking to bind port 79

Host networking shares the host net namespace, so the host's
privileged-port rule applies and the image's non-root user cannot bind 79
-- the daemon fails to listen silently. Add user: "0:0" to the compose and
correct the earlier (wrong) claim that non-root bind still works. Note
setcap as the non-root alternative.
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# single source IP for everyone -- the per-IP ban logic can't tell clients
# apart and (by design) treats that private address as untrackable, leaving
# banning inert. Host networking exposes the real client IP, so repeat
# offenders actually get blocked. (Non-root bind of port 79 still works:
# Docker grants CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE by default.)
# offenders actually get blocked.
network_mode: host
# Under host networking the container shares the host net namespace, which
# uses the host's privileged-port rule -- so the image's non-root user
# (UID 1000) cannot bind port 79 and the daemon fails to listen silently.
# Run as root to bind it. (Alternative: setcap cap_net_bind_service on the
# binary in the image to keep it non-root.)
user: "0:0"
volumes:
- ./users:/var/finger/users
restart: unless-stopped