# Transmission-daemon run as user

**URL:** <https://dietpi.com/forum/t/transmission-daemon-run-as-user/555>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [14 September 2016 11:38 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/transmission-daemon-run-as-user/555 "2016-09-14T11:38:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![dimi3](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dimi3](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/dimi3)\
**Post date:** [14 September 2016 11:38 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/transmission-daemon-run-as-user/555/1 "2016-09-14T11:38:24Z")

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Hi…

Currently Transmission-daemon runs as root…i would like to run it with different user, but cant find where to set this up…by default i dont like to run stuff with root.

Can someone point me to right direction ?

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/fourdee/32/11_2.png) [@Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Fourdee)\
**Post date:** [15 September 2016 19:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/transmission-daemon-run-as-user/555/2 "2016-09-15T19:02:29Z")

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You can set this in SystemD service:

Change User=BobTheBuilder as needed, then paste all into term

```nohighlight
cat << _EOF_ > /etc/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service
[Unit]
Description=Barebones transmission-daemon service
DefaultDependencies=no

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/bin/transmission-daemon --config-dir /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info
ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall -w transmission-daemon
StandardOutput=tty
User=BobTheBuilder

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
_EOF_
#Update SystemD and restart services
systemctl daemon-reload
dietpi-services restart

```