On 2014-08-19 22:42, Steven Stern wrote: > I did this service file myself... does anything here look fishy? > > $ more /etc/systemd/system/dropbox.service > > [Unit] > Description=Dropbox as a system service > > [Service] > ExecStart=/home/sdstern/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd > User=sdstern > # 'LANG' might be unnecessary, since systemd already sets the > # locale for all services according to "/etc/locale.conf". > # Run `systemctl show-environment` to make sure. > Environment=LANG=en_US.utf-8 > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > I don't know anything about dropboxd, but it might be that you need "Type=forking" in the service section.