I have a backup script that runs once a day with root privileges. It's handled by systemd timer and service units. I would like to have a desktop notification text when the backup is ready.
What I have tried so far: I don't use normal desktop, only i3 window manager. I installed notify-osd package and started its daemon as a normal user. Running a command "notify-send foo" shows "foo" text like I expected. But when "notify-send" runs as root no notification text appear anywhere. How can I get notifications working in plain window manager setup? And hopefully not only this backup script example but for other programs too, like Network Manager's notifications. I'm not really interested in work-arounds like "DISPLAY=:0 xmessage -timeout 5 foo". -- /// Teemu Likonen - .-.. <https://github.com/tlikonen> // // PGP: 4E10 55DC 84E9 DFF6 13D7 8557 719D 69D3 2453 9450 ///
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