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Subject: Re: core-updates warning: Not ready for GuixSD deployment
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:50:31 +0100
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To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
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Hi Leo,

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> After rebooting, I found that my user's numerical ID had changed, so I
> no longer owned any of my files. Not being able to read ~/.ssh means you
> can't log in remotely.
>
> Additionally, several of root's "dotfiles" had been replaced with their
> default versions, erasing my modifications. For example,
> ~root/.bash_profile no longer contained my modifications.
>
> Finally, my users's password no longer worked. I fixed this as root
> before I noticed that my user's files were inaccessible; I don't know if
> I could have avoided the password reset by re-chowning my files.

It sounds like =E2=80=98usermod=E2=80=99 has overridden everything.  Could =
it be a
change in Shadow?

Thanks for the heads-up, I was considering reconfiguring my laptop, so
I=E2=80=99m glad I saw your warning.  :-)

Ludo=E2=80=99.