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systemd vboxweb.service mod when needing to start as non-root user

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https://bbs.archlinux.org – Hi,Don't know if this will help anyone, but here goes,I wanted the systemd service unit to run using my local account but to get this to work, I had to do the following:1. Create a file called vboxweb_mod.conf in /etc/tmpfiles.d with the below inside it (replace <user> <group> with your username and group you want vboxweb started with.)D /run/vboxweb 0755 <user> <group>2. Create /etc/systemd/system/vboxweb_mod.service to look like this: (replace <user> <group> with your username and group you want vboxweb started with.)[Unit] Description=VirtualBox Web (HowTos)

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