Systemd Service Not Working Right?

[nickian]

Can someone explain how the systemd service works for code-server? I'm very confused because I ran the install script, then this:

sudo systemctl enable --now code-server@$USER

I am the root user and I'm the only one using this machine, so I want the service to be system-wide.

What I am confused about is that I can run systemctl stop code-server@$USER and the service says it is stopped. However, code-server is not stopped. It's still running and accessible. So it doesn't seem to be related to the actual app.

How can I ensure that the systemd service is actually controlling code-server? Also, can set this up so that it's not @$USER? I just want to be able to type service cod-server restart, etc.

Thanks!

[code-asher]

I think you should be able to just `systemctl enable --now code-server`. I'm not sure why it wouldn't actually stop when using $USER though. To be honest I haven't ever used this syntax before, I always enable things globally or use `systemctl --user`.