From e1e711ec17aa76510c5ab422ed7dd248d3cd33ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: K900 <me@0upti.me>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:30:39 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/qbittorrent: just copy the config file in ourselves

tmpfiles won't replace existing files, so we have to DIY it.

Fixes #503103.
---
 nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
index 8ecfd98fde65..8c17fafc74b5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
@@ -154,11 +154,6 @@ in
             mode = "755";
             inherit (cfg) user group;
           };
-          "${cfg.profileDir}/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf"."C+" = mkIf (cfg.serverConfig != { }) {
-            mode = "600";
-            inherit (cfg) user group;
-            argument = toString configFile;
-          };
         };
       };
       services.qbittorrent = {
@@ -176,6 +171,12 @@ in
           Type = "simple";
           User = cfg.user;
           Group = cfg.group;
+
+          # the config file has to be writable, so we have to do this weird dance
+          ExecStartPre = lib.mkIf (cfg.serverConfig != { }) ''
+            ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -Dm600 ${configFile} "${cfg.profileDir}/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf"
+          '';
+
           ExecStart = utils.escapeSystemdExecArgs (
             [
               (getExe cfg.package)