* [bug#62007] doc: User Accounts: Refine user-account and user-group
@ 2023-03-06 17:25 Wicki Gabriel (wicg)
2023-03-08 20:53 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
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From: Wicki Gabriel (wicg) @ 2023-03-06 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 62007
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Hi
I've stumbled upon some room for improvement considering where to add groups to a Guix system. Chapter 12.6 mentions the needed forms but lacks clear indication which operating-system fields to add these to.
My patch takes care of that.
This patch is based on commit 7bbeaa87e3796d56cc762dcfbc340f9be301d5f6
TIA,
g
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From 3bb4a0990906d227d77819d404864adef652933c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gabriel <gabriel@erlikon.ch>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 18:04:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: User Accounts: Refine user-account and user-group
examples
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Show where the user-account and user-group
forms belong within the operation-system context.
---
doc/guix.texi | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6671ba9305..de34ca7ff4 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -17388,18 +17388,21 @@ $ sudo filefrag -e /swapfile | grep '^ *0:' | cut -d: -f3 | cut -d. -f1
@cindex accounts
@cindex user accounts
User accounts and groups are entirely managed through the
-@code{operating-system} declaration. They are specified with the
-@code{user-account} and @code{user-group} forms:
+@code{operating-system} declaration. They are specified with
+@code{user-account} forms in the @code{users}-field and
+@code{user-group} forms in the @code{groups}-field:
@lisp
-(user-account
- (name "alice")
- (group "users")
- (supplementary-groups '("wheel" ;allow use of sudo, etc.
- "audio" ;sound card
- "video" ;video devices such as webcams
- "cdrom")) ;the good ol' CD-ROM
- (comment "Bob's sister"))
+(users (cons*
+ (user-account
+ (name "alice")
+ (group "users")
+ (supplementary-groups '("wheel" ;allow use of sudo, etc.
+ "audio" ;sound card
+ "video" ;video devices such as webcams
+ "cdrom")) ;the good ol' CD-ROM
+ (comment "Bob's sister"))
+ %base-user-accounts))
@end lisp
Here's a user account that uses a different shell and a custom home
@@ -17519,7 +17522,9 @@ Guile Reference Manual}, for information on Guile's @code{crypt} procedure.
User group declarations are even simpler:
@lisp
-(user-group (name "students"))
+(groups (cons*
+ (user-group (name "students"))
+ %base-groups))
@end lisp
@deftp {Data Type} user-group
--
2.39.1
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* [bug#62007] doc: User Accounts: Refine user-account and user-group
2023-03-06 17:25 [bug#62007] doc: User Accounts: Refine user-account and user-group Wicki Gabriel (wicg)
@ 2023-03-08 20:53 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-06-06 14:23 ` bug#62007: " Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
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From: Liliana Marie Prikler @ 2023-03-08 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Wicki Gabriel (wicg), 62007
Am Montag, dem 06.03.2023 um 17:25 +0000 schrieb Wicki Gabriel (wicg):
> Hi
>
> I've stumbled upon some room for improvement considering where to add
> groups to a Guix system. Chapter 12.6 mentions the needed forms but
> lacks clear indication which operating-system fields to add these
> to.
Note that user-account and user-group are also valid outside those
fields, e.g. as part of service configurations. Also, an example has
already been given in section 12.1.
Cheers
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* bug#62007: doc: User Accounts: Refine user-account and user-group
2023-03-08 20:53 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
@ 2023-06-06 14:23 ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
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From: Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via @ 2023-06-06 14:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Liliana Marie Prikler, Wicki Gabriel (wicg), 62007-done
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Hi everyone,
I agree with Lily here, this should document only the user-account and
user-group records, not specific fields of operating-system which is
already documented in "(guix) operating-system Reference".
Closing, but feel free to continue the discussion if it's still unclear.
Best,
--
Josselin Poiret
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