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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2a33cb50a2..d3b8542710 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3301,7 +3301,6 @@ kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this: %base-file-systems)) (users (list (user-account (name "alice") - (password "") (uid 1000) (group 100) (comment "Bob's sister") (home-directory "/home/alice")))) @@ -3703,7 +3702,15 @@ account. System accounts are sometimes treated specially; for instance, graphical login managers do not list them. @item @code{password} (default: @code{#f}) -Unless @code{#f}, this is the password to be used for the account. +You would normally leave this field to @code{#f}, initialize user +passwords as @code{root} with the @command{passwd} command, and then let +users change it with @command{passwd}. + +If you @emph{do} want to have a preset password for an account, then +this field must contain the encrypted password, as a string. +@xref{crypt,,, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for more information +on password encryption, and @ref{Encryption,,, GNU Guile Reference +Manual}, for information on Guile's @code{crypt} procedure. @end table @end deftp |