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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi4
-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm15
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/shadow.scm3
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 533023854b..e25cf58a31 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7223,6 +7223,10 @@ A comment about the account, such as the account owner's full name.
@item @code{home-directory}
This is the name of the home directory for the account.
+@item @code{create-home-directory?} (default: @code{#t})
+Indicates whether the home directory of this account should be created
+if it does not exist yet.
+
@item @code{shell} (default: Bash)
This is a G-expression denoting the file name of a program to be used as
the shell (@pxref{G-Expressions}).
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 6666cb4856..10aa58d85c 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ owner-writable in HOME."
files)))
(define* (add-user name group
- #:key uid comment home shell password system?
+ #:key uid comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
(log-port (current-error-port)))
"Create an account for user NAME part of GROUP, with the specified
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ properties. Return #t on success."
`("-G" ,(string-join supplementary-groups ","))
'())
,@(if comment `("-c" ,comment) '())
- ,@(if home
+ ,@(if (and home create-home?)
(if (file-exists? home)
`("-d" ,home) ; avoid warning from 'useradd'
`("-d" ,home "--create-home"))
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ properties. Return #t on success."
#t)))))
(define* (modify-user name group
- #:key uid comment home shell password system?
+ #:key uid comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
(log-port (current-error-port)))
"Modify user account NAME to have all the given settings."
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ logged in."
(zero? (system* "groupdel" name)))
(define* (ensure-user name group
- #:key uid comment home shell password system?
+ #:key uid comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
(log-port (current-error-port))
#:rest rest)
@@ -207,7 +210,8 @@ numeric gid or #f."
(define activate-user
(match-lambda
- ((name uid group supplementary-groups comment home shell password system?)
+ ((name uid group supplementary-groups comment home create-home?
+ shell password system?)
(let ((profile-dir (string-append "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/"
name)))
(ensure-user name group
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ numeric gid or #f."
#:supplementary-groups supplementary-groups
#:comment comment
#:home home
+ #:create-home? create-home?
#:shell shell
#:password password)
diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index c3948900eb..6a4063529c 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
(default '())) ; list of strings
(comment user-account-comment (default ""))
(home-directory user-account-home-directory)
+ (create-home-directory? user-account-create-home-directory? ;Boolean
+ (default #t))
(shell user-account-shell ; gexp
(default #~(string-append #$bash "/bin/bash")))
(system? user-account-system? ; Boolean
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ of user '~a' is undeclared")
#$(user-account-supplementary-groups account)
#$(user-account-comment account)
#$(user-account-home-directory account)
+ #$(user-account-create-home-directory? account)
,#$(user-account-shell account) ; this one is a gexp
#$(user-account-password account)
#$(user-account-system? account)))