Run backup as restic user about restic-automatic-backup-scheduler HOT 2 CLOSED

Hey, fun that you explore different ways of running it. The best solution is (well can be) the tailored one

The scope of this project is not to cover all ways of doing it, as it makes it too complicated. But a summary of your findings would be nice to have documented here if someone is interested in a similar setup that you're doing :)

from restic-automatic-backup-scheduler.

Finally got around to doing this...

Not sure how I missed it but it turns out you can still put the service unit in the system directory and specify User=restic and Group=restic under the [Service] header and it just works:

[Unit]
Description=Run Restic backup

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/restic/restic-backup.sh 2>&1 | systemd-cat
WorkingDirectory=/home/restic
User=restic
Group=restic

from restic-automatic-backup-scheduler.