[systemd-devel] How to create a user instance service that requires a network connection?

[Kay Sievers]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Will S <wsha.code+systemd at gmail.com> wrote:
> My understanding is that the system and user instances of systemd are
> completely isolated from each other. So I can not create a user unit file
> with the option Requires=network-online.target. Is there any way for a user
> instance service to get this functionality of waiting for the network to be
> online before starting? From what I can tell, the systemd user instance is
> relatively new. If it is not possible now, is there any planned feature that
> would allow this functionality in the future that I should watch for?

No. And there are no plans.
Better make your application network aware and adjust to the
environment during runtime.

Kay