use home dir directly

.gitmodules

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Max Mehl <https://mehl.mx>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-

README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and makes sure all requirements and systemd jobs are set up properly.
 ## Requirements
 
 * [ansible-role-users](https://src.mehl.mx/mxmehl/ansible-role-users)
+* [ansible-role-systemd-user](https://src.mehl.mx/mxmehl/ansible-role-systemd-user)
 
 ## Configure
 

defaults/main.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Max Mehl <https://mehl.mx>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 ---
 seafile_cron:
   minute: "20"

files/seaf-daemon.service

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ StartLimitBurst=3
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/seaf-daemon -c {{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/.ccnet -d {{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/config/seafile-data -w {{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/config/seafile
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/seaf-daemon -c %h/.ccnet -d %h/config/seafile-data -w %h/config/seafile
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=10
 # Restart every day

tasks/main.yml

@@ -17,19 +17,12 @@
     name:
       - moreutils # chronic
       - pipx
-      - systemd-container # necessary to use machinectl become_method
       - seafile-cli
   become: false # need to do this as root
 
-- name: Register user info of {{ seafile_local_user.user }}
-  user:
-    name: "{{ seafile_local_user.user }}"
-  check_mode: true
-  register: seafile_local_user_info
-
 - name: Define directory for Seafile mirror service as fact
   set_fact:
-    seafile_mirror_dir: "{{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/seafile_mirror"
+    seafile_mirror_dir: "~/seafile_mirror"
 
 - name: Ensure directory for Seafile mirror service exists
   file:
@@ -63,46 +56,24 @@
     month: "{{ seafile_cron.month }}"
     weekday: "{{ seafile_cron.weekday }}"
 
-- name: Ensure user systemd directory exists
-  file:
-    path: "{{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/.config/systemd/user/"
-    state: directory
-    mode: "0755"
-
-- name: Ensure systemd service file is present
-  template:
-    src: seaf-daemon.service.j2
-    dest: "{{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/.config/systemd/user/seaf-daemon.service"
-    mode: "0644"
-
 - name: Ensure Seafile config dir exists
   file:
-    path: "{{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/config"
+    path: "~/config"
     state: directory
     mode: "0755"
 
 - name: Ensure Seafile config dir is initialised
   command:
-    cmd: seaf-cli init -d "{{ seafile_local_user_info.home }}/config"
+    cmd: seaf-cli init -d "~/config"
   register: result
   changed_when: '"already exists" not in result.stdout'
 
-- name: "Check whether user is lingering: {{ seafile_local_user.user }}"
+- name: Setup systemd user service
-  stat:
+  include_role:
-    path: "/var/lib/systemd/linger/{{ seafile_local_user.user }}"
+    name: systemd-user
-  register: seafile_local_user_lingering
+    apply:
-
-- name: Ensure systemd lingering is enabled for user {{ seafile_local_user.user }}
-  command: loginctl enable-linger {{ seafile_local_user.user }}
       become: false
-  changed_when: false
+  vars:
-  when: not seafile_local_user_lingering.stat.exists
+    user: "{{ seafile_local_user.user }}"
-
+    service: seaf-daemon
-- name: Ensure systemd service is running and enabled
+    copy_file: seaf-daemon.service
-  systemd:
-    name: seaf-daemon
-    state: started
-    enabled: true
-    daemon_reload: true
-    scope: user
-  become_method: community.general.machinectl # in order to get XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and user's DBUS session