No, it looks like if I do ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmux new -d 'date > /tmp/x;
sleep 1000' it does not create the file.  If I leave off the -d I get "not
a terminal".  When things do run, I'm sure that it's the user I expect.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 10:59 AM Nicholas Marriott <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Does it actually run? Try eg "tmux new 'date >/tmp/x; sleep 1000'" and see
> if it adds to the file.
>
> Are you sure it is running as the user you think it is?
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 15:36, Oblio Leitch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so tmux new -d -s mySession is the same as tmux new -d -s mySession
>> /bin/bash. And the bash command is running, but in a wait state.
>> Whereas, the example of ll executed and exit, but because it was not in
>> a shell, didn't have a running command to fall back to.
>>
>> The reason I'm asking is because I want to launch a command in a shared
>> session on system start up so that it's running in the background, "owned"
>> by one user, but accessible to others. I'm using systemd, and I have a
>> service setup, but it's not working.  Do you know of any reason 
>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmux
>> new -d -s mySession /bin/bash would not persist?  (I know this isn't
>> multi user, I'm just looking to get a working example)
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 9:09 AM Nicholas Marriott <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> if you don't give a command, tmux will start a shell
>>>
>>> creating a session with -d is no different from creating it without
>>> except it does not attach
>>>
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