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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm24
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index c27cda3666..dfadde326c 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@
,name)))
(zero? (apply system* "groupadd" args))))
+(define %skeleton-directory
+ ;; Directory containing skeleton files for new accounts.
+ ;; Note: keep the trailing '/' so that 'scandir' enters it.
+ "/etc/skel/")
+
+(define (dot-or-dot-dot? file)
+ (member file '("." "..")))
+
+(define* (copy-account-skeletons home
+ #:optional (directory %skeleton-directory))
+ "Copy the account skeletons from DIRECTORY to HOME."
+ (let ((files (scandir directory (negate dot-or-dot-dot?)
+ string<?)))
+ (mkdir-p home)
+ (for-each (lambda (file)
+ (copy-file (string-append directory "/" file)
+ (string-append home "/" file)))
+ files)))
+
(define* (add-user name group
#:key uid comment home shell password system?
(supplementary-groups '())
@@ -70,6 +89,7 @@ properties. Return #t on success."
(cut format <> "~a:x:~a:~a:~a:~a:~a~%"
name "0" "0" comment home shell))
(chmod "/etc/shadow" #o600)
+ (copy-account-skeletons (or home "/root"))
#t)
;; Use 'useradd' from the Shadow package.
@@ -198,9 +218,7 @@ numeric gid or #f."
;; XXX: Dirty hack to meet sudo's expectations.
(when (string=? (basename target) "sudoers")
(chmod target #o440))))
- (scandir etc
- (lambda (file)
- (not (member file '("." ".."))))
+ (scandir etc (negate dot-or-dot-dot?)
;; The default is 'string-locale<?', but we don't have
;; it when run from the initrd's statically-linked