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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm20
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/networking.scm5
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/xorg.scm9
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index c430586dbf..fb2e2928a6 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
(respawn? #f)))))
(define (host-name-service name)
- "Return a service that sets the host name to NAME."
+ "Return a service that sets the host name to @var{name}."
(with-monad %store-monad
(return (service
(documentation "Initialize the machine's host name.")
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
auto-login
login-program
login-pause?
+
+ ;; Allow empty passwords by default so that
+ ;; first-time users can log in when the 'root'
+ ;; account has just been created.
(allow-empty-passwords? #t))
"Return a service to run mingetty on @var{tty}.
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ of the log-in program (the default is the @code{login} program from the Shadow
tool suite.)
@var{motd} is a monadic value containing a text file to use as
-the \"message of the day\"."
+the ``message of the day''."
(mlet %store-monad ((motd motd)
(login-program (cond ((gexp? login-program)
(return login-program))
@@ -277,7 +281,7 @@ the \"message of the day\"."
(respawn? #f)))))
(define (syslog-service)
- "Return a service that runs 'syslogd' with reasonable default settings."
+ "Return a service that runs @code{syslogd} with reasonable default settings."
;; Snippet adapted from the GNU inetutils manual.
(define contents "
@@ -364,12 +368,12 @@ failed to register hydra.gnu.org public key: ~a~%" status))))))))
(define* (guix-service #:key (guix guix) (builder-group "guixbuild")
(build-accounts 10) authorize-hydra-key?)
- "Return a service that runs the build daemon from GUIX, and has
-BUILD-ACCOUNTS user accounts available under BUILD-USER-GID.
+ "Return a service that runs the build daemon from @var{guix}, and has
+@var{build-accounts} user accounts available under @var{builder-group}.
-When AUTHORIZE-HYDRA-KEY? is true, the hydra.gnu.org public key provided by
-GUIX is authorized upon activation, meaning that substitutes from
-hydra.gnu.org are used by default."
+When @var{authorize-hydra-key?} is true, the @code{hydra.gnu.org} public key
+provided by @var{guix} is authorized upon activation, meaning that substitutes
+from @code{hydra.gnu.org} are used by default."
(define activate
;; Assume that the store has BUILDER-GROUP as its group. We could
;; otherwise call 'chown' here, but the problem is that on a COW unionfs,
diff --git a/gnu/services/networking.scm b/gnu/services/networking.scm
index 8bb05850e3..ccc322648b 100644
--- a/gnu/services/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/networking.scm
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
(name-servers '())
(inetutils inetutils)
(net-tools net-tools))
- "Return a service that starts INTERFACE with address IP. If GATEWAY is
-true, it must be a string specifying the default network gateway."
+ "Return a service that starts @var{interface} with address @var{ip}. If
+@var{gateway} is true, it must be a string specifying the default network
+gateway."
;; TODO: Eventually we should do this using Guile's networking procedures,
;; like 'configure-qemu-networking' does, but the patch that does this is
diff --git a/gnu/services/xorg.scm b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
index c82f4a6aae..7ca0d3f7db 100644
--- a/gnu/services/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/xorg.scm
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ EndSection
(xauth xauth) (dmd dmd) (bash bash)
startx)
"Return a service that spawns the SLiM graphical login manager, which in
-turn start the X display server with STARTX, a command as returned by
-'xorg-start-command'.
+turn starts the X display server with @var{startx}, a command as returned by
+@code{xorg-start-command}.
-When ALLOW-EMPTY-PASSWORDS? is true, allow logins with an empty password.
-When AUTO-LOGIN? is true, log in automatically as DEFAULT-USER."
+When @var{allow-empty-passwords?} is true, allow logins with an empty
+password. When @var{auto-login?} is true, log in automatically as
+@var{default-user}."
(define (slim.cfg)
(mlet %store-monad ((startx (or startx (xorg-start-command)))
(xinitrc (xinitrc)))