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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 865d461a1e..7f37b3da00 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
(define* (mingetty-service tty
#:key
- (motd (plain-file "motd" "Welcome.\n"))
+ (motd (text-file "motd" "Welcome.\n"))
auto-login
login-program
login-pause?
@@ -374,12 +374,19 @@ automatically. @var{login-pause?} can be set to @code{#t} in conjunction with
@var{auto-login}, in which case the user will have to press a key before the
login shell is launched.
-When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp denoting the name
+When true, @var{login-program} is a gexp or a monadic gexp denoting the name
of the log-in program (the default is the @code{login} program from the Shadow
tool suite.)
-@var{motd} is a file-like object to use as the ``message of the day''."
- (with-monad %store-monad
+@var{motd} is a monadic value containing a text file to use as
+the ``message of the day''."
+ (mlet %store-monad ((motd motd)
+ (login-program (cond ((gexp? login-program)
+ (return login-program))
+ ((not login-program)
+ (return #f))
+ (else
+ login-program))))
(return
(service
(documentation (string-append "Run mingetty on " tty "."))
@@ -854,7 +861,7 @@ gexp, to open it, and evaluate @var{close} to close it."
(define %base-services
;; Convenience variable holding the basic services.
- (let ((motd (plain-file "motd" "
+ (let ((motd (text-file "motd" "
This is the GNU operating system, welcome!\n\n")))
(list (console-font-service "tty1")
(console-font-service "tty2")