I’m attempting to move Syncthing’s configuration and database to an external USB drive, as advised here.
Here’s the original home path from my service config:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing -no-browser -no-restart -logflags=0 -home=/home/admin/.config/syncthing
…and here’s what I changed it to, after running sudo rsync -r /home/admin/.config /media/pi/Elements:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing -no-browser -no-restart -logflags=0 -home=/media/pi/Elements/.config/syncthing
Here’s what systemctl status reports:
pi@OFFSITE:/media/pi/Elements $ sudo systemctl status syncthing@admin.service
* syncthing@admin.service - Syncthing service for admin
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/syncthing@admin.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/syncthing@admin.service.d
`-override.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2023-02-17 17:35:29 AKST; 1min 57s ago
Process: 64338 ExecStartPre=/home/pi/Documents/Scripts/mount-sync-drive.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 64340 ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing -no-browser -no-restart -logflags=0 -home=/media/pi/Elements/.config/syncthing (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 64340 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 74ms
Feb 17 17:35:29 OFFSITE systemd[1]: Starting Syncthing service for admin...
Feb 17 17:35:29 OFFSITE systemd[1]: Started Syncthing service for admin.
Feb 17 17:35:29 OFFSITE syncthing[64340]: WARNING: Failure on home directory: mkdir /media/pi/Elements/.config/syncthing: permission denied
Feb 17 17:35:29 OFFSITE systemd[1]: syncthing@admin.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 17 17:35:29 OFFSITE systemd[1]: syncthing@admin.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
I’m not sure why it’s trying to create that syncthing directory, as the directory already exists. I’ve verified such manually, as well as checked its permissions against the original.
Clearly I’ve missed something here, but I’m not spotting what it is.
Any suggestions?