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 Systemd supports running a separate instance of systemd for a given user, allowing the user to control their own services. See here for more information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User
 In NixOS, a user service can be expressed with {{ic|systemd.user.services.<name>}}, as documented here: https://search.nixos.org/options?query=systemd.user.services
 This may be useful if you want a user to be able to start, stop, and restart their own instance of a service without needing to make the user a sudoer.
 Here is an example:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
 systemd.user.services.my-cool-user-service = {
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 };
 </syntaxhighlight>
 By default, user services will be stopped when the user logs out and will start again when the user logs back in due to us setting {{ic|<nowiki>wantedBy = [ "default.target" ]</nowiki>}} in the example.
 == Keeping user services running after logout ==
 If you need a user service to stay running after a user logs out, you need to enable "[https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&show=users.users.%3Cname%3E.linger&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=users.users.%3Cname%3E.linger lingering]" by setting {{ic|<nowiki>users.users.<username>.linger = true;</nowiki>}}
 You'll also likely want to change to {{ic|<nowiki>wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];</nowiki>}} so the service starts at boot time.
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	Systemd supports running a separate instance of systemd for a given user, allowing the user to control their own services. See here for more information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User		Systemd supports running a separate instance of systemd for a given user, allowing the user to control their own services. See here for more information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User
	In NixOS, a user service can be expressed with {{ic\|systemd.user.services.<name>}}, as documented here: https://search.nixos.org/options?query=systemd.user.services		In NixOS, a user service can be expressed with {{ic\|systemd.user.services.<name>}}, as documented here: https://search.nixos.org/options?query=systemd.user.services

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Systemd supports running a separate instance of systemd for a given user, allowing the user to control their own services. See here for more information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User
In NixOS, a user service can be expressed with {{ic|systemd.user.services.<name>}}, as documented here: https://search.nixos.org/options?query=systemd.user.services
This may be useful if you want a user to be able to start, stop, and restart their own instance of a service without needing to make the user a sudoer.
Here is an example:
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
systemd.user.services.my-cool-user-service = {
enable = true;
after = [ "network.target" ];
wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
description = "My Cool User Service";
serviceConfig = {
Type = "simple";
ExecStart = ''/my/cool/user/service'';
};
};
</syntaxhighlight>
By default, user services will be stopped when the user logs out and will start again when the user logs back in due to us setting {{ic|<nowiki>wantedBy = [ "default.target" ]</nowiki>}} in the example.
== Keeping user services running after logout ==
If you need a user service to stay running after a user logs out, you need to enable "[https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&show=users.users.%3Cname%3E.linger&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=users.users.%3Cname%3E.linger lingering]" by setting {{ic|<nowiki>users.users.<username>.linger = true;</nowiki>}}
You'll also likely want to change to {{ic|<nowiki>wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];</nowiki>}} so the service starts at boot time.
[[Category:systemd]]