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Headscale commands fail when running them as the current user instead of the user defined in the systemd file. This note provides 2 methods of how to correctly run the headscale commands.
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@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ RuntimeDirectory=headscale
WantedBy=multi-user.target WantedBy=multi-user.target
``` ```
Note that when running as the headscale user ensure that, either you add your current user to the headscale group:
```shell
usermod -a -G headscale current_user
```
or run all headscale commands as the headscale user:
```shell
su - headscale
```
2. In `/etc/headscale/config.yaml`, override the default `headscale` unix socket with a SystemD friendly path: 2. In `/etc/headscale/config.yaml`, override the default `headscale` unix socket with a SystemD friendly path:
```yaml ```yaml