Created a user service. Returns error “Failed at step GROUP spawning: Operation not permitted”

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I created a service.

admin@Xroklaus:~ $ cat /etc/systemd/user/duniter.service 
[Unit]
Description=Duniter node
After=network.target
ConditionPathExists=/home/folatt/.config/duniter/duniter_default/duniter.db

[Service]
Group=folatt
User=folatt
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/duniter webstart
ExecReload=/usr/bin/duniter webrestart
ExecStop=/usr/bin/duniter stop
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After rebooting, it does not load.

folatt@Xroklaus:~ $ systemctl --user status duniter.service
● duniter.service - Duniter node
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/user/duniter.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sun 2018-01-07 20:31:43 UTC; 1min 3s ago
  Process: 2212 ExecStart=/usr/bin/duniter webstart (code=exited, status=216/GROUP)

Journalctl gives a bit more information of the error.

admin@Xroklaus:~ $ sudo journalctl -p 3 --no-pager
-- Logs begin at Sun 2018-01-07 20:30:33 UTC, end at Sun 2018-01-07 20:31:49 UTC. --
Jan 07 20:30:39 Xroklaus bluetoothd[876]: Sap driver initialization failed.
Jan 07 20:30:39 Xroklaus bluetoothd[876]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1)
Jan 07 20:31:26 Xroklaus systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon.
Jan 07 20:31:42 Xroklaus systemd[2203]: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/duniter: Operation not permitted
Jan 07 20:31:42 Xroklaus systemd[2177]: Failed to start Duniter node.
Jan 07 20:31:42 Xroklaus systemd[2206]: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/duniter: Operation not permitted
Jan 07 20:31:42 Xroklaus systemd[2177]: Failed to start Duniter node.
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2208]: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/duniter: Operation not permitted
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2177]: Failed to start Duniter node.
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2210]: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/duniter: Operation not permitted
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2177]: Failed to start Duniter node.
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2212]: Failed at step GROUP spawning /usr/bin/duniter: Operation not permitted
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2177]: Failed to start Duniter node.
Jan 07 20:31:43 Xroklaus systemd[2177]: Failed to start Duniter node.

But that's as far as I got. I don't know what the solution is to this.

Best Answer

I moved the service file and removed the user and group, while also changing the install target like this:

/usr/lib/systemd/user/duniter.service

[Unit]
Description=Duniter node
After=network.target
ConditionPathExists=/home/folatt/.config/duniter/duniter_default/duniter.db

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/duniter webstart
ExecReload=/usr/bin/duniter webrestart
ExecStop=/usr/bin/duniter stop
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
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