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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-25 00:12:35 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-25 00:12:35 +0200
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system: Add the 'system?' field for user groups.
Suggested by Mark H. Weaver. * gnu/system/shadow.scm (<user-group>)[system?]: New field. (%base-groups): Introduce 'system-group' macro, and use it. * gnu/system.scm (user-group->gexp): Pass the 'system?' field. * guix/build/activation.scm (add-group): Add #:system? and honor it. (activate-users+groups): Handle the 'system?' field. * gnu/system/file-systems.scm (%tty-gid): Choose an ID below 1000. * doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Document the 'system?' field.
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@@ -3201,6 +3201,10 @@ The group's name.
The group identifier (a number). If @code{#f}, a new number is
automatically allocated when the group is created.
+@item @code{system?} (default: @code{#f})
+This Boolean value indicates whether the group is a ``system'' group.
+System groups have low numerical IDs.
+
@item @code{password} (default: @code{#f})
What, user groups can have a password? Well, apparently yes. Unless
@code{#f}, this field specifies the group's password.