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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm9
-rw-r--r--gnu/tests/base.scm22
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index beee56d437..a1d2a9cc7d 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -227,7 +227,11 @@ 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?)
+
#:shell shell
#:password password)
@@ -282,7 +286,10 @@ they already exist."
(match-lambda
((name uid group supplementary-groups comment home create-home?
shell password system?)
- (unless (or (not home) (directory-exists? home))
+ ;; The home directories of system accounts are created during
+ ;; activation, not here.
+ (unless (or (not home) (not create-home?) system?
+ (directory-exists? home))
(let* ((pw (getpwnam name))
(uid (passwd:uid pw))
(gid (passwd:gid pw)))
diff --git a/gnu/tests/base.scm b/gnu/tests/base.scm
index 37aab8ef67..e5ac320b74 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/base.scm
@@ -199,6 +199,28 @@ info --version")
',users+homes))
marionette)))
+ (test-equal "no extra home directories"
+ '()
+
+ ;; Make sure the home directories that are not supposed to be
+ ;; created are indeed not created.
+ (let ((nonexistent
+ '#$(filter-map (lambda (user)
+ (and (not
+ (user-account-create-home-directory?
+ user))
+ (user-account-home-directory user)))
+ (operating-system-user-accounts os))))
+ (marionette-eval
+ `(begin
+ (use-modules (srfi srfi-1))
+
+ ;; Note: Do not flag "/var/empty".
+ (filter file-exists?
+ ',(remove (cut string-prefix? "/var/" <>)
+ nonexistent)))
+ marionette)))
+
(test-equal "login on tty1"
"root\n"
(begin