Unable to write a .service file to systemd for auto-booting python programs

[Nathan.Rivard]

So I have written a service file that should automatically start up the program that I have already created and would just like to begin on boot whenever the unit shuts off/fails and has to reboot
The service file is as follows:

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[Unit]
Description=YourDescription

[Service]
ExecStart=sudo /usr/bin/python /home/pi/Desktop/FolderOnDesktop/Program.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

My issues comes about with my denied access to writing to the /home/pi/systemd/system folder. I am told upon either writing from the command prompt or just placing my service file within the folder that I am denied access.
My two questions:
Would the code that I have written for the service file start my program on boot and allow it to write to a .csv file that the program already does?
How do I gain access to the systemd folder?

[knute]

The .service files need to go into the /etc/systemd/system directory. That directory is owned by root. The .service file needs to be owned by root. So you need to use sudo on all the command to read or write a file to that directory.

Also, the systemd services are run as root unless you specifically say they aren't. So you don't need the sudo on the ExecStart line.

[Nathan.Rivard]

I know this is a dumb question, but how do I make the file owned by the root?

[DougieLawson]

I know this is a dumb question, but how do I make the file owned by the root?

sudo chown root.root /file/to/be/owned/byroot

[Douglas6]

Since you are creating the file, simply use sudo to create it.

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sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/my.service

Then you'll need to enable it:

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sudo systemctl enable my.service

and reboot.

No you can begin debugging the remaining issues, like file paths, environment, dependencies, etc.

[scruss]

You can run services as a regular user too. They run from the ~/.config/systemd/user folder. Here's one way of doing it (self link): Creating a systemd user service on your Raspberry Pi

I'm not sure how well sudo plays with systemd. Do you need it for your script? If you're running a system (root) systemd service it will either be ignored or fail.

[DougieLawson]

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ExecStart=sudo 

You do NOT need that. All systemd services run with root permissions unless you add user/group

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[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/myServicerunningasPi
Restart=always
User=pi
Group=pi
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=myNonPrivilegedService