From c37c4063b39ca4fd87d80b384b4c1d3efa7802dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martchus Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:41:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md for systemd changes --- README.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb5b71a..bc9c6ca 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -133,13 +133,16 @@ Use of systemd can be explicitely enabled/disabled by adding dependency to systemd in any case. With systemd support the tray can start and stop the systemd unit of Syncthing. -It will also take the unit status into account when connecting to the local +It can also take the unit status into account when connecting to the local instance. So connection attempts can be prevented when Syncthing isn't running anyways. However, those features are optional. To use them they must be enabled in the settings dialog first. -Note that this only works when starting Syncthing as user service. This is -described in the [Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User). +Syncthing Tray assumes by default that the systemd unit is a +[user unit](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User). If you are using +a system-wide unit you need to enable the "System unit" checkbox in the settings. +Note that starting and stopping the system-wide Syncthing unit requires +authorization (systemd can ask though PolicyKit). ## Download ### Source