From c0a1431f7815355f08a5f5827d5fe114246c17e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 20:55:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] systemd: Use `Type=exec` instead of `fork`

When forking, ddclient redirects STDERR and STDOUT to `/dev/null`,
which prevents useful information from appearing in the systemd
journal (`journalctl`).
---
 sample-etc_systemd.service | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sample-etc_systemd.service b/sample-etc_systemd.service
index cd70712..7ef0675 100644
--- a/sample-etc_systemd.service
+++ b/sample-etc_systemd.service
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
 
 [Service]
-Type=forking
-PIDFile=/run/ddclient.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/ddclient
+Type=exec
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ddclient --daemon 5m --foreground
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target