Desktop notifications?

From	Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Desktop notifications?
Date	2016-11-17 17:10 +0100
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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".

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Desktop notifications? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-11-17 17:10 +0100
  Re: Desktop notifications? Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-11-17 21:20 +0100
  Re: Desktop notifications? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-11-18 09:10 +0100
    Re: Desktop notifications? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-11-19 09:50 +0100

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