From af313557ddc129fa81dfc5d8936a00b3b1a45201 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nose <goyimnose@nothing.blah>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:10:40 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] f

---
 scripts/run_client.py | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/run_client.py b/scripts/run_client.py
index 05833e8..e272b26 100644
--- a/scripts/run_client.py
+++ b/scripts/run_client.py
@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ def install_service_systemd(
 
         if os.name != "nt" and hasattr(os, "geteuid") and os.geteuid() == 0:
             print(
-                "Running as root; systemd user services aren’t available. Falling back to cron @reboot."
+                "Running as root; installing system-wide systemd service instead."
             )
-            return install_service_cron(
+            return install_service_systemd_system(
                 service_name,
                 repo_root,
                 venv_py,
@@ -456,6 +456,81 @@ def install_service_systemd(
         return False
 
 
+def install_service_systemd_system(
+    service_name: str,
+    repo_root: Path,
+    venv_py: Path,
+    headless: bool = True,
+    detached: bool = True,
+    pull: bool = False,
+    workspace_root: Optional[Path] = None,
+) -> bool:
+    try:
+        systemctl = shutil.which("systemctl")
+        if not systemctl:
+            print(
+                "systemctl not available; falling back to crontab @reboot (if present)."
+            )
+            return install_service_cron(
+                service_name,
+                repo_root,
+                venv_py,
+                headless,
+                detached,
+                pull=pull,
+                workspace_root=workspace_root,
+            )
+
+        unit_dir = Path("/etc/systemd/system")
+        service_file = unit_dir / f"{service_name}.service"
+        unit_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        local_helper = repo_root / "run_client.py"
+        if not local_helper.exists():
+            local_helper = repo_root / "scripts" / "run_client.py"
+        target_script = local_helper if local_helper.exists() else Path(__file__).resolve()
+
+        exec_args = f'"{venv_py}" "{target_script}" --detached '
+        if headless:
+            exec_args += "--headless "
+        if pull:
+            exec_args += "--pull "
+        exec_args += f'--repo-root "{repo_root}" '
+
+        content = (
+            "[Unit]\n"
+            "Description=Medios-Macina Client (system service)\n"
+            "After=network.target\n\n"
+            "[Service]\n"
+            "Type=simple\n"
+            f"ExecStart={exec_args}\n"
+            f"WorkingDirectory={repo_root}\n"
+            "Restart=on-failure\n"
+            "Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1\n"
+            "[Install]\n"
+            "WantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
+        )
+        service_file.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+
+        for cmd in [
+            [systemctl, "daemon-reload"],
+            [systemctl, "enable", "--now", f"{service_name}.service"],
+        ]:
+            subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+        print(f"system-wide systemd service '{service_name}' enabled and started.")
+        return True
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+        print("Failed to install system-wide service:", exc)
+        return False
+    except PermissionError as exc:
+        print("Permission denied while writing systemd unit:", exc)
+        return False
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print("system-wide install error:", exc)
+        return False
+
+
 def uninstall_service_systemd(service_name: str) -> bool:
     try:
         systemctl = shutil.which("systemctl")