From 8a44eb8dc830a365736cb834c44c24e1290136d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ignace <ignace@suy.nl>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:33:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] setting up service

---
 HOWTO.md                                             | 6 ++----
 zigbee-rrd.service.example => zigbee-sensors.service | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 rename zigbee-rrd.service.example => zigbee-sensors.service (62%)

diff --git a/HOWTO.md b/HOWTO.md
index 3939261..7ce3fee 100644
--- a/HOWTO.md
+++ b/HOWTO.md
@@ -442,11 +442,9 @@ To run it automatically as a user service, copy the supplied service file. It
 assumes this repository is located at `$HOME/service_zigbee`:
 
 ```bash
-mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
-cp zigbee-rrd.service.example "$HOME/.config/systemd/user/zigbee-rrd.service"
+cp zigbee-sensor.service.example /etc/systemd/system
 systemctl --user daemon-reload
-systemctl --user enable --now zigbee-rrd.service
-sudo loginctl enable-linger "$USER"
+systemctl --user enable --now zigbee-sensor.service
 ```
 
 Inspect its status and live logs with:
diff --git a/zigbee-rrd.service.example b/zigbee-sensors.service
similarity index 62%
rename from zigbee-rrd.service.example
rename to zigbee-sensors.service
index ab04684..9bff984 100644
--- a/zigbee-rrd.service.example
+++ b/zigbee-sensors.service
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-WorkingDirectory=%h/service_zigbee
-ExecStart=%h/service_zigbee/.venv/bin/python %h/service_zigbee/read_temperature.py
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/service_zigbee
+ExecStart=/opt/service_zigbee/.venv/bin/python /opt/service_zigbee/read_temperature.py
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=15