From 52ab08c289e66d960ebf96ef28ffa13c1e677b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=BCrg=20Schulthess?= <schulthess@puzzle.ch>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:31:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add user systemd service

---
 docs/source/using.rst | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/source/using.rst b/docs/source/using.rst
index ef8a4c5..68120be 100644
--- a/docs/source/using.rst
+++ b/docs/source/using.rst
@@ -827,3 +827,43 @@ If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` at boot, run:
 .. code:: text
 
   sudo systemctl enable rnsd
+
+Alternatively you can use a user systemd service instead of a system wide one. This way the whole setup can be done as a regular user.
+Create a user systemd service files ``~/.config/systemd/user/rnsd.service`` with the following content:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  [Unit]
+  Description=Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+  After=default.target
+
+  [Service]
+  # If you run Reticulum on WiFi devices,
+  # or other devices that need some extra
+  # time to initialise, you might want to
+  # add a short delay before Reticulum is
+  # started by systemd:
+  # ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
+  Type=simple
+  Restart=always
+  RestartSec=3
+  ExecStart=RNS_BIN_DIR/rnsd --service
+
+  [Install]
+  WantedBy=default.target
+
+  Replace ``RNS_BIN_DIR`` with the path to your Reticulum binary directory (eg. /home/USERNAMEHERE/rns/bin).
+
+  Start user service:
+
+  .. code:: text
+    systemctl --user daemon-reload
+    systemctl --user start rnsd.service
+
+  If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` without having to log in as the USERNAMEHERE, do:
+
+  .. code:: text
+    sudo loginctl enable-linger USERNAMEHERE
+    systemctl --user enable rnsd.service
+  
+

From 276b6fbd2234962f097d1525daefc6116534d89e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=BCrg=20Schulthess?= <schulthess@puzzle.ch>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:07:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix indentation

---
 docs/source/using.rst | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/using.rst b/docs/source/using.rst
index 68120be..7fa148d 100644
--- a/docs/source/using.rst
+++ b/docs/source/using.rst
@@ -852,18 +852,18 @@ Create a user systemd service files ``~/.config/systemd/user/rnsd.service`` with
   [Install]
   WantedBy=default.target
 
-  Replace ``RNS_BIN_DIR`` with the path to your Reticulum binary directory (eg. /home/USERNAMEHERE/rns/bin).
+Replace ``RNS_BIN_DIR`` with the path to your Reticulum binary directory (eg. /home/USERNAMEHERE/rns/bin).
 
-  Start user service:
+Start user service:
 
-  .. code:: text
-    systemctl --user daemon-reload
-    systemctl --user start rnsd.service
+.. code:: text
+  systemctl --user daemon-reload
+  systemctl --user start rnsd.service
 
-  If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` without having to log in as the USERNAMEHERE, do:
+If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` without having to log in as the USERNAMEHERE, do:
 
-  .. code:: text
-    sudo loginctl enable-linger USERNAMEHERE
-    systemctl --user enable rnsd.service
+.. code:: text
+  sudo loginctl enable-linger USERNAMEHERE
+  systemctl --user enable rnsd.service
   
 

From a4e8489a34ab19d18f5a78610a2c9a5b4dd0c53e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=BCrg=20Schulthess?= <schulthess@puzzle.ch>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:09:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix code text syntax

---
 docs/source/using.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/source/using.rst b/docs/source/using.rst
index 7fa148d..e375f91 100644
--- a/docs/source/using.rst
+++ b/docs/source/using.rst
@@ -857,12 +857,14 @@ Replace ``RNS_BIN_DIR`` with the path to your Reticulum binary directory (eg. /h
 Start user service:
 
 .. code:: text
+
   systemctl --user daemon-reload
   systemctl --user start rnsd.service
 
 If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` without having to log in as the USERNAMEHERE, do:
 
 .. code:: text
+  
   sudo loginctl enable-linger USERNAMEHERE
   systemctl --user enable rnsd.service