Disable user lingering & use system systemd services

tasks/transmission.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,60 @@
 # transmission's configuration file does not change while the service is
 # still running
 - name: stop transmission daemon
+  become: true
   systemd:
-    name: transmission
+    name: transmission-daemon
     state: stopped
-    scope: user
 
-- name: copy transmission template
+- name: create transmission directories
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: '{{ item.path }}'
+    mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
+    owner: '{{ item.owner }}'
+    group: '{{ item.group }}'
+    state: directory
+  loop:
+    - {
+      path: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.config/transmission-daemon',
+      mode: 755,
+      owner: 'sonny',
+      group: 'sonny',
+    }
+    - {
+      path: '/etc/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service.d',
+      mode: 755,
+      owner: 'root',
+      group: 'root',
+    }
+
+- name: copy transmission templates
+  become: true
   template:
-    src: 'templates/transmission.j2'
-    dest: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json'
-    mode: '0600'
+    src: '{{ item.src }}'
+    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
+    mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
+    owner: '{{ item.owner }}'
+    group: '{{ item.group }}'
+  loop:
+    - {
+      src: 'templates/systemd/transmission.j2',
+      dest: '/etc/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service.d/override.conf',
+      mode: '755',
+      owner: 'root',
+      group: 'root',
+    }
+    - {
+      src: 'templates/transmission.j2',
+      dest: '{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json',
+      mode: '0600',
+      owner: 'sonny',
+      group: 'sonny',
+    }
 
 - name: start transmission daemon
+  become: true
   systemd:
-    name: transmission
+    name: transmission-daemon
     state: started
     enabled: true
-    scope: user