RStudio Server for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS fails to start

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In Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I have the following error that I cannot solve (this is from the journalctl -u rstudio-server logs:

rstudio-server[111428]: Failed to start rstudio-server.service: Interactive authentication required.
rstudio-server[111428]: See system logs and 'systemctl status rstudio-server.service' for details.
systemd[1]: rstudio-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
systemd[1]: rstudio-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

I'm using 2023.03.0-386 (latest stable) although I tried the daily build and got the same result.

It seems to be an authentication error, but it occurs when I install RStudio or try to restart it, using a sudo command from an admin account. I've confirmed that R (v4.3.0) runs fine from the command line.

Any insight would be appreciated!

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Solved it! It turns out I had two service files existing simultanously and they were clashing:
/etc/systemd/system/rstudio-server.service
/lib/systemd/system/rstudio-server.service

I disabled the /etc file and it started working. Hope this helps anyone else who hits this!

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