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ubuntu 15.04 dropbox systemd
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dropbox.service.md

Install Dropbox and python script, symlink python script to /usr/local/bin/dropbox and add to your path.

/etc/systemd/system/dropbox.service contents

[Unit]
Description=Dropbox Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/usr/local/bin/dropbox start'
ExecStop=/bin/sh -c '/usr/local/bin/dropbox stop'
PIDFile=${HOME}/.dropbox/dropbox.pid
User=user
Group=user
Type=forking
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
StartLimitInterval=60s
StartLimitBurst=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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ghost commented Mar 10, 2017 •
edited by ghost

/etc/systemd/system/dropbox@userNameHere.service

[Unit]
Description=Dropbox Service For %i
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=%i
Group=%i

Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
StartLimitInterval=60s
StartLimitBurst=3

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/dropbox start
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/dropbox stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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