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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm17
-rw-r--r--gnu/tests/base.scm11
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 68ecd6bc71..0e77677de1 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -148,11 +148,15 @@ properties. Return #t on success."
`("-G" ,(string-join supplementary-groups ","))
'())
,@(if comment `("-c" ,comment) '())
- ,@(if (and home create-home?)
- (if (file-exists? home)
- `("-d" ,home) ; avoid warning from 'useradd'
- `("-d" ,home "--create-home"))
+ ,@(if home `("-d" ,home) '())
+
+ ;; Home directories of non-system accounts are created by
+ ;; 'activate-user-home'.
+ ,@(if (and home create-home? system?
+ (not (file-exists? home)))
+ '("--create-home")
'())
+
,@(if shell `("-s" ,shell) '())
,@(if password `("-p" ,password) '())
,@(if system? '("--system") '())
@@ -229,10 +233,7 @@ numeric gid or #f."
#:supplementary-groups supplementary-groups
#:comment comment
#:home home
-
- ;; Home directories of non-system accounts are created by
- ;; 'activate-user-home'.
- #:create-home? (and create-home? system?)
+ #:create-home? create-home?
#:shell shell
#:password password)
diff --git a/gnu/tests/base.scm b/gnu/tests/base.scm
index 02882f4b46..03392cef38 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/base.scm
@@ -154,10 +154,15 @@ info --version")
(#f (reverse result))
(x (loop (cons x result))))))
marionette)))
- (lset= string=?
- (map passwd:name users)
+ (lset= equal?
+ (map (lambda (user)
+ (list (passwd:name user)
+ (passwd:dir user)))
+ users)
(list
- #$@(map user-account-name
+ #$@(map (lambda (account)
+ `(list ,(user-account-name account)
+ ,(user-account-home-directory account)))
(operating-system-user-accounts os))))))
(test-assert "shepherd services"