I'm trying to set up usbmuxd to run as a daemon, however I keep running into the following error :
Dec 3 10:29:19 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH systemd[1]: asci-usbmuxd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 3 10:29:19 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH systemd[1]: asci-usbmuxd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 3 10:29:24 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH systemd[1]: asci-usbmuxd.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 3 10:29:24 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH systemd[1]: asci-usbmuxd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 46078.
Dec 3 10:29:24 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH systemd[1]: Stopped usbmuxd service.
Dec 3 10:29:24 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH systemd[1]: Started usbmuxd service.
Dec 3 10:29:24 asci-kubu-NUC7i3BNH usbmuxd[29950]: [0] Could not open lockfile
When I run it manually like so :
sudo usbmuxd -v --user usbmux --foreground
Everything is fine.
Here is my systemd .service file. I've read through the manual however I'm positive that I may have not set the correct capacities. I've verified the permissions/groups for usbmux user, usbmux is part of plugdev and sudo.
[Unit]
Description=usbmuxd service
Documentation=man:usbmuxd(8)
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/usbmuxd --user usbmux --systemd
PIDFile=/var/run/usbmuxd.pid
Restart=always
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
LimitNPROC=1
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=asciusbmuxd
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Any help would be appreciated, I've dug around as best I could trying to find a solution. Thanks!
UPDATE
Using the unit file shipped with usbmuxd does not function, and get the same error mentioned above I get when trying to pass the command parameters in ExecStart.
Bundled unit file :
[Unit]
Description=Socket daemon for the usbmux protocol used by Apple devices
Documentation=man:usbmuxd(8)
[Service]
ExecStart=@sbindir@/usbmuxd --user usbmux --systemd
PIDFile=@localstatedir@/run/usbmuxd.pid
When compiled, @sbindir@ maps to /usr/local/sbin/usbmuxd and @localstatedir@ to /usr/local/var/run/usbmuxd.pid which does not exist. I corrected it to /var/run/usbmuxd.pid.
Whether it's my unit file, or the bundled one removing, --user usbmux --systemd allows it to run correctly.
Trying to set usbmux via the unit file rather than via ExecStart also fails.
Syslog tells me the following :
Oct 4 10:52:19 potato asciusbmuxd[17327]: [10:52:19.635][0] Failed to drop privileges (cannot set supplementary groups)
When I remove User reference, the service starts correctly but I get, and I cannot execute ideviceinfo or use anything related to lockdownd :
usbmuxd[17462]: [2] chmod(/var/lib/lockdown, 02775) failed: Operation not permitted
I should note that I am forced to compile it, as I have OS restrictions and must use 16.04, I require a usbmuxd version that is more recent than available in the repos.
My systemd version is 229.
