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Subject: bug#24275: Misnamed directory in GuixSD
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:04:36 +0200
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To: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
Cc: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>, 24275-done@debbugs.gnu.org, John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>

Hi,

Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com> skribis:

> I've found some user account (other than nobody)
> that have /var/empty as their home directory, f.e.:
>
> gnu/services/networking.scm:301
>
> (define %ntp-accounts
>   (list (user-account
>          (name "ntpd")
>          (group "nogroup")
>          (system? #t)
>          (comment "NTP daemon user")
>          (home-directory "/var/empty")
>          (shell #~(string-append #$shadow "/sbin/nologin")))))
>
> Is that a glitch, and they can be moved to /nonexistent or do
> they really require an existing directory to work ?

I don=E2=80=99t know.  /var/empty is a widespread convention.  But it proba=
bly
doesn=E2=80=99t matter much in fact.  :-)

Ludo=E2=80=99.