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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-05-25 16:54:05 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-05-25 21:34:23 +0200
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system: Define '%base-user-accounts'.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (%base-user-accounts): New variable. * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[users]: Use it as the default value. * gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl (users): Use it. * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl (users): Likewise. * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference, User Accounts): Adjust accordingly.
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@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
default-skeletons
skeleton-directory
%base-groups
+ %base-user-accounts
assert-valid-users/groups))
;;; Commentary:
@@ -113,6 +114,16 @@
(system-group (name "tape"))
(system-group (name "kvm"))))) ; for /dev/kvm
+(define %base-user-accounts
+ ;; List of standard user accounts. Note that "root" is a special case, so
+ ;; it's not listed here.
+ (list (user-account
+ (name "nobody")
+ (uid 65534)
+ (group "nogroup")
+ (home-directory "/var/empty")
+ (system? #t))))
+
(define (default-skeletons)
"Return the default skeleton files for /etc/skel. These files are copied by
'useradd' in the home directory of newly created user accounts."