How to start monerod?

[whoizit]

/etc/dinit/monerod:

type = process
run-as = monero
#working-dir = /home/monero
#command = /usr/bin/monerod --config-file /etc/monerod.conf --non-interactive
command = /usr/bin/monerod --data-dir /home/monero --log-file /var/log/dinit/monerod.log --log-level 0 --non-interactive
#logfile = /var/log/dinit/monerod.log
smooth-recovery = true
restart = false
depends-ms = network

/etc/monerod.conf:

data-dir=/home/monero
log-file=/var/log/dinit/monero.log
log-level=0

 ❯ grep monero /etc/{passwd,group}
/etc/passwd:monero:x:973:973::/home/monero:/bin/nologin
/etc/group:monero:x:973:

 ❯ ls -ld /home /home/monero /var/log/dinit/monerod.log 
drwxr-xr-x 8 user   user   4096 мая 12 15:52 /home
drwxr-xr-x 3 monero monero 4096 мая 12 15:57 /home/monero
-rw-r--r-- 1 monero monero    0 июл  1 04:30 /var/log/dinit/monerod.log

 ❯ doas dinitctl start monerod
Service 'monerod' failed to start.
Reason: execution of service process failed:
        Stage: changing directory
        Error: No such file or directory

I can start it manually with command:

 ❯ doas runuser -u monero -g monero -- /usr/bin/monerod --config-file /etc/monerod.conf --non-interactive
2023-07-01 01:43:51.619	I Monero 'Fluorine Fermi' (v0.18.2.2-release)
2023-07-01 01:43:51.619	I Initializing cryptonote protocol...
2023-07-01 01:43:51.619	I Cryptonote protocol initialized OK
2023-07-01 01:43:51.619	I Initializing core...
2023-07-01 01:43:51.620	I Loading blockchain from folder /home/monero/lmdb ...
2023-07-01 01:43:51.620	W The blockchain is on a rotating drive: this will be very slow, use an SSD if possible

[davmac314]

The service description you posted shows working-dir commented out: #working-dir = /home/monero

However the error indicates that the problem is that working-dir specifies a directory doesn't exist.

Did you change the service description without reloading the service? (dinitctl reload monero).

[whoizit]

reload helped me. Thank you.