Syncthing systemd service won't start at all.

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Hello everyone,

I’m having trouble while trying to start my syncthing service on my Debian 11 home server.

I’ve created a specific user (syncthing) to run the syncthing service.

I can enable the service without any error.

But when trying to execute this command :

sudo systemctl start syncthing@syncthing.service

and then check the status of the service, i got this :

● syncthing@syncthing.service - Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for syncthing
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/syncthing@.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2022-10-16 12:23:25 CEST; 1s ago
       Docs: man:syncthing(1)
    Process: 30912 ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --no-restart --logflags=0 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 30912 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 10ms

oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: Stopped Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for syncthing.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: Failed to start Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for syncthing.

I don’t have anything specific mentioned when i look into the journalctl

So i don’t know where to start to find the solution.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Could you please still show those logs (journaltctl -u syncthing@syncthing).

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oct. 16 12:23:24 Debian-Serveur-Matt syncthing[30912]: WARNING: Failure on home directory: mkdir /home/syncthing: permission denied
oct. 16 12:23:24 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
oct. 16 12:23:24 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: Stopped Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for syncthing.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: syncthing@syncthing.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
oct. 16 12:23:25 Debian-Serveur-Matt systemd[1]: Failed to start Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for syncthing.
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Does the HOME directory /home/syncthing/ exist? Is it owned / write-accessible by the syncthing user?

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I don’t have this folder. I’ve just created a simple user for syncthing but without a home directory because i don’t need one.

Do i really need a home directory for the user who run the service ?

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Yes, definitely. It’s where the configuration and database will be stored. There are several ways to control where it goes, but you do nerd some place for it.

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