Sometimes `syncthing-service-type' fails during startup because it tries to read configuration files from the user's home directory: Failure on home directory: mkdir /home/xyz/.config: permission denied This patch adds `user-processes' to the shepherd service requirements to ensure that `user-homes' is fired before `syncthing' tries to read data from the home directory. * gnu/services/syncthing.scm (syncthing-shepherd-service): add `user-processes' to requirements --- gnu/services/syncthing.scm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gnu/services/syncthing.scm b/gnu/services/syncthing.scm index 2f7c822827..9bb623186b 100644 --- a/gnu/services/syncthing.scm +++ b/gnu/services/syncthing.scm @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ (define syncthing-shepherd-service (list (string->symbol (string-append "syncthing-" user))))) (documentation "Run syncthing.") - (requirement (if home-service? '() '(loopback))) + (requirement (if home-service? '() '(loopback user-processes))) (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor (append (list (string-append #$syncthing "/bin/syncthing") "--no-browser" -- 2.41.0